hairo

Latin

Alternative forms

• hērō, *haigrō

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈha.i.roː/, [ˈhäɪroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.i.ro/, [ˈäːiro]

Noun

hairō m (genitive hairōnis); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin) heron

Declension

Third-declension noun.

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, hayroun, heern, heiron, herne, heroun, herowne, heyrone, heyroun, heyrune
    • English: heron, hern
    • Scots: hern
• Italian: airone, aghirone
• Old Occitan: aigron, haigron
  • 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
• Sicilian: aroi
• Spanish: airón