Etymology of the French word dune
the Old French word
dunederived from the Middle Dutch word
dunederived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dheuə-derived from the Middle Dutch word
dunenderived from the Gaulish root
*dunoderived from the Middle Dutch word
dūneDate
The earliest known usage of dune in French dates from the 12th century.
Derivations in French
dunal,
dunette,
interduneDerivations in other languages
English
dune, Portuguese
duna, Romanian
dunăCognates
Italian
dunaUsage
Word found in Old French
