Where does “feuilletine” come from?
feuilletine (English) comes from French feuilletine, from French feuillet, from Old French feuil, from Latin folia, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-.
feuilletine (English): Crispy flakes of crêpe used in desserts
Definitions
- Crispy flakes of crêpe used in desserts
Ancestry of “feuilletine”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | feuilletine | feuilletine |
| 2 | French | feuillet | page, leaf; layer; omasum, manyplies |
| 3 | Old French | feuil | — |
| 4 | Latin | folia | nominative plural of folium; accusative plural of... |
| 5 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |