Where does “œuf” come from?

œuf (Canadian French) comes from Middle French œuf, from Old French oef, from Latin ōvum, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

œuf (Canadian French): egg; egg; ovum

Definitions

  1. egg; egg; ovum

Ancestry of “œuf”, step by step

œuf traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French œuf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchœufegg; ovum
2Old Frenchoefegg
3Latinōvumegg
4Latin-ātused
5Proto-Italic-ātos—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

via French les

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlesplural of le: the; plural of la: the; plural of...
2Frenchlathe; her, it; la, the note 'A'
3Middle Frenchlathe; there
4Old Frenchlathe; it
5Latinillanominative feminine singular of ille; nominative...

Words derived from “œuf”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Latin ōvum →