Where does “-ville” come from?
-ville (English) comes from French ville, from Middle French ville, from Old French ville, from Latin vīlla, from Latin vetera, from Latin vetus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
-ville (English): Used to form a name of an inhabited place, a town...
Definitions
- Used to form a name of an inhabited place, a town...
Ancestry of “-ville”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | ville | town, city |
| 2 | Middle French | ville | city or town |
| 3 | Old French | ville | city or town |
| 4 | Latin | vīlla | — |
| 5 | Latin | vetera | the old; old times, ancient times, antiquity |
| 6 | Latin | vetus | old, aged, elderly, ancient; long-standing;... |
| 7 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
Words derived from “-ville”