Etymology of the French word avalanche

Date

The earliest known usage of avalanche in French dates from the 17th century.

Derivations in French

avalancheux, paravalanche

Derivations in other languages

English avalanche, Portuguese avalancha, Portuguese avalanche, Romanian avalanşă, Spanish avalancha

Cognates

Dutch lawine, English avalanche, German Lawine, Italian lavina, Lithuanian lavina, Norwegian lavine, Russian лавинa, Swedish lavin