Message: "Re: The name Vairette"

Re: The name Vairette

by morfydd

8/24/2006, 10:02 AM

Vair is a French word meaning soft leather (kid) and I was taught that the original Cinderella story by Perrot was really about a kid slipper (vair) and not a glass slipper (verre). "-ette" is a diminutive and so my guess would be "little soft soft leather/kid". Very tactile!

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