Etymology

vives

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Today it means: A disease of animals, especially horses, based in the glands under the ear, where a tumour is formed which sometimes ends in suppuration. Full definition →

Old French vives ← French avives ← Arabic ذِئْبَة
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  1. Arabic · derived fromذِئْبَة
  2. French · derived fromavives
  3. Old French · derived fromvives
  4. English todayvives

From Old French vives, French avives (compare Spanish abivas), from Arabic ذِئْبَة (ḏiʔba, literally “she-wolf”).

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