Leveret
/ˈlɛvərɪt/noun
A young hare.
Did you know?Leveret comes through Anglo-French from Old French *levraut*, a diminutive of *levre* “hare,” ultimately from a pre-Latin word; the word itself is a little linguistic fossil from medieval hunting culture.
Etymological Timeline
Pre-Latin
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*lepor- / *lebr-
“A pre-Latin base associated with hare names in western Europe.”
Latin
Latin
lepus
“Hare.”
Old French
Old French
levre
“Hare.”
Anglo-French
AF
levraut
“Young hare; leveret.”
Middle English
English
leveret
“A young hare.”
Modern English
English
leveret
“A young hare.”