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Where does “dauphin” come from?

dauphin (Czech) comes from French Dauphin, from Old French dalphin, from Latin delphīnus, from Ancient Greek δελφίν, from Ancient Greek δελφύς, from Proto-Indo-European gʷelbʰ- — the womb.

dauphin (Czech): dauphin, the eldest son of the king of France and...

Definitions

  1. dauphin, the eldest son of the king of France and...

Ancestry of “dauphin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchDauphin—
2Old Frenchdalphin—
3Latindelphīnus—
4Ancient Greekδελφίν—
5Ancient Greekδελφύςthe womb
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷelbʰ-the womb
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