English
Hant's Harbour
Hant's Harbour comes from French L'Ance Arbre.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentL'Ance Arbre
- EnglishtodayHant's Harbour
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentL'Ance Arbre
- EnglishtodayHant's Harbour
A compound of anse ‘cove, small bay’ + arbre ‘tree’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂emseh₂ ‘handle’
Latin ānsa ‘handle’
Old French anse
Middle French anse
French anse ‘cove, small bay’
Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ- ‘high’
Proto-Indo-European *h₃r̥dʰōs
Proto-Italic *arðōs ‘tree’
Old Latin arbōs
Latin arbor ‘a tree’
Old French arbre
French arbre ‘tree’
Every English word from French L'Ance Arbre
Today it means
name A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French L'Ance Arbre / Hant's Harbour