mallart

Old French

Etymology

From masle (“male”) +‎ -art, possibly through or influenced by Medieval Latin mallardus.

Noun

mallart oblique singular, m (oblique plural mallarz or mallartz, nominative singular mallarz or mallartz, nominative plural mallart)

male wild duck

Descendants

→ Middle English: malard, mawlard, mawdelard
- English: mallard

References

Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

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