corbeau

French

noun
Definitions
  • raven (bird)
  • poison-pen letter writer

Etymology

Inherited from Old French corbeau (raven), corbel (crow) inherited from Latin corbellus, corvus (crow, raven) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ḱorh₂wós

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