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Where does “nombril” come from?

nombril (English) comes from Middle French nombril, from Old French nonbril, from Latin umbilīculus, from Latin umbilīcus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nóbʰōl.

nombril (English): A point halfway between the fess point and the...

Definitions

  1. A point halfway between the fess point and the...

Ancestry of “nombril”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchnombrilbelly button
2Old Frenchnonbrilbelly button; navel
3Latinumbilīculus—
4Latinumbilīcus—
5Proto-Indo-European*h₃nóbʰōl—
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