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English

cygnet

/ˈsɪɡ.nɪt/ · noun

Meaning

  1. The young of a swan.
  2. A village in Ohio, United States.
  3. A town in Huon Valley council area, southern Tasmania, Australia.

Etymology / origin

From Middle English cignet, signet, from Anglo-Norman cignet, diminutive of Old French cigne (“swan”), from Latin cygnus, cycnus (“swan”), from Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos, “swan”).

  1. κύκνος(grc)→
  2. cygnus(Latin)→
  3. cigne(Old French)→
  4. cignet(xno)→
  5. cignet(enm)→
  6. cygnet (English)
  7. Relations: inh, der, der, der, der

Related words

cignet(enm)cignet(xno)cigne(Old French)cygnus(Latin)κύκνος(grc)

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