aigron
Old Occitan
Alternative forms
- haigron
Etymology
From Medieval Latin hairō, *haigrō, from Frankish *hraigrō, from Proto-Germanic *hraigrô (“heron”).
Noun
aigron m (oblique plural aigrons, nominative singular aigrons, nominative plural aigron)
- heron (animal)
Descendants
- Catalan: agró
- Occitan:
- Auvergnat: eigron (Forez, Gannatois), jiralégre (Limagne), jirai, jiriau (Limagne, Northern), igroû
- Gascon: girou
- Old Languedocien:
- Cévenol: dgiraï pestsaï-re
- Languedocien: guiraud
- Rouergat: hiroun
- Limousin: eïron
- Provençal: huroun
- ⇒ Old Occitan: aigreta
- → Old French: egret, egrette, aigrette
- Angevin: guerte
- Middle French: aigret, aygret, egret
- French: aigrette
- → English: aigrette, aigret
- French: aigrette
- → Middle English: egret
- English: egret
- → Old French: egret, egrette, aigrette