berger
French
noun
Definitions
- shepherd
Etymology
Inherited from Old French bergier inherited from Latin *vervecārius, vervēx (wether, kind of goat, idiot, blockhead, a wether).
Origin
Latin
vervēx
Gloss
wether, kind of goat, idiot, blockhead, a wether
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *vervecārius Latin
- *vervēcārius Latin
- berbēce, berbēx, berbex Latin
- berbēx, berbex, berbēcis Latin
- vervecinus Latin
- vervēx Latin
- bergerie French
- bergier Old French
- berbec Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- berbecar Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- béc-giê Vietnamese
- birbec Aromanian
- birbicar Aromanian
- *birsōn Frankish
- bèwjé Antillean Creole