Where does “oeuf” come from?

oeuf (English) comes from French œuf, from Middle French œuf, from Old French oef, from Latin ōvum, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

oeuf (English): An egg

Definitions

  1. An egg

Ancestry of “oeuf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchœufegg; egg; ovum
2Middle Frenchœufegg; ovum
3Old Frenchoefegg
4Latinōvumegg
5Latin-ātused
6Proto-Italic-ātos—
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Latin ōvum →