Where does “sylphid” come from?
sylphid (English) comes from French sylphide, from French -ide, from Middle French -ide, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
sylphid (English): A young or little sylph
Ancestry of “sylphid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | sylphide | — |
| 2 | French | -ide | — |
| 3 | Middle French | -ide | — |
| 4 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 5 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ā | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |