hairo

Latin

Alternative forms

hērō, *haigrō

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *haigrō, *hraigrō (“heron”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈha.i.roː/, [ˈha.ɪ.roː]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.i.ro/, [ˈaː.i.ro]

Noun

hairō m (genitive hairōnis); third declension[1][2]

(Medieval Latin) heron

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hairō	hairōnēs
Genitive	hairōnis	hairōnum
Dative	hairōnī	hairōnibus
Accusative	hairōnem	hairōnēs
Ablative	hairōne	hairōnibus
Vocative	hairō	hairōnēs

Descendants

Franco-Provençal:
- Genevois: aigron
- Savoyard: héron (Albanais)
Old French: heiron, heron, herone, heroun (1150, Roman de Thèbes)
- Bourbonnais-Berrichon: aigron, hégron (Bourbonnais), aigueron, aigron (Berrichon)
- Franc-Comtois: âron
- Middle French: heron, hairon
  - French: héron
- Gallo: aégron
- Picard: hérôn, éron (Athois)
- Poitevin-Saintongeais: égrun, égroun
- Walloon: éron (Forrières)
- → Middle English: heron, heroun, heiron
  - English: heron
Italian: airone, aghirone
Old Occitan: aigron, haigron
- 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
    - → Middle English: egret
      - English: egret
Spanish: airón

References

Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “hairo”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 479
hairo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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