The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσαῦρος“horse mackerel”
- French · derived fromsaurel“jack mackerel”
- English todaysaurel
From French French saurel (“jack mackerel”), from Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros, “horse mackerel”). Compare Spanish jurel.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekσαῦρος all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.