vendace

The story

1. Proto-Celtic · derived from*windos“white”
2. Gaulish · derived from*windēsyā
3. Late Latin · derived from*vindēsia
4. Old French · derived fromvendoise
5. Middle French · derived fromvendoise
6. Middle Scots · derived from*vendois
7. Scots · borrowed fromvendace
8. English todayvendace

Borrowed from Scots vendace, from Middle Scots *vendois, *vendis, from Middle French vendoise, vandoise (“dace”), from Old French vendoise, vandoise, from Late Latin *vindēsia, *vindisia, from Gaulish *windēsyā, from Proto-Celtic *windos (“white”). Compare modern French vandoise (“dace”).

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