Where does “fyèl” come from?

fyèl (Antillean Creole) comes from French fiel, from Vulgar Latin *felem, from Latin fel, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.

fyèl (Antillean Creole): bile; gall

Definitions

  1. bile; gall

Ancestry of “fyèl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfielbile
2Vulgar Latin*felem—
3Latinfelgall bladder; gall, bile; poison
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- →Every word from Latin fel →Every word from Vulgar Latin *felem →