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faucon

faucon

French

Noun

faucon m ‎(plural faucons)

  1. falcon

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Late Latin falcō, falcōnem.

Noun

faucon m ‎(oblique plural faucons, nominative singular faucons, nominative plural faucon)

  1. falcon (animal)
Descendants

Etymology 2

See fauchon.

Noun

faucon m ‎(oblique plural faucons, nominative singular faucons, nominative plural faucon)

  1. Alternative form of fauchon

Etymology

From Middle French faulcon, from Old French falcun ‎(“falcon”), from Late Latin falcōnem, accusative form of falcō ‎(“falcon”), probably of Germanic origin; possibly from Frankish *falko ‎(“falcon, hawk”), from Proto-Germanic *falkô ‎(“falcon”), from from Proto-Indo-European *pol̑- ‎(“pale”), from *pel- ‎(“fallow”). Cognate with Old English fealca, fealcen ‎(“falcon”). More at falcon.

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