Alverne

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === Auverne === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French Alvergne, Auvergne, from Medieval Latin Arvernia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alˈvɛrn(ə)/, /ˈalvɛrn(ə)/ (from earlier Old French Alvergne) IPA(key): /au̯ˈvɛrn(ə)/, /ˈau̯vɛrn(ə)/ (from later Old French and Middle French Auvergne) === Proper noun === Alverne Auvergne (a historical region and former province of France) ==== Descendants ==== English: Auvergne (remodelled after modern French) ==== References ==== Ackerman, Robert W. (1952), “ALVERNE”, in An Index of the Arthurian Names In Middle English (Stanford University Publications, University Series; Language and Literature; 10), Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, →OCLC, page 9; republished at New York: AMS Press, 1967.