Where does “dauphiness” come from?
dauphiness (English) comes from English dauphin, from Middle English Dauphin, from Middle French dauphin, from Old French dalphin, from Latin delphīnus, from Ancient Greek δελφίν, from Ancient Greek δελφύς, from Proto-Indo-European gʷelbʰ- — the womb.
dauphiness (English): The wife of a dauphin
Definitions
- The wife of a dauphin
Ancestry of “dauphiness”, step by step
dauphiness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dauphin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dauphin | The eldest son of the king of France. Under the... |
| 2 | Middle English | Dauphin | The Dauphin French crown prince |
| 3 | Middle French | dauphin | — |
| 4 | Old French | dalphin | — |
| 5 | Latin | delphīnus | a dolphin an aquatic mammal of the family |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | δελφίν | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | δελφύς | the womb |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelbʰ- | the womb |