Where does “vill” come from?
Vill comes from Middle English vil, from Latin villa meaning farmstead, from Proto-Germanic wiljô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European welh₁-.
vill (English): The smallest administrative unit of land in...
Definitions
- The smallest administrative unit of land in...
Ancestry of “vill”, step by step
vill traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Will
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Will | A weak-side linebacker |
| 2 | English | william | radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter W |
| 3 | Middle English | William | — |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | Willame | — |
| 5 | Old High German | Willahelm | William |
| 6 | Old High German | helm | helmet |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | helm | helmet |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | helmaz | helmet |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | halmaz | halm; stem; stalk; straw; hay |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱolh₂mos | stalk |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₂- | to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab |
via Old French vill
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | vill | rare form of ville |
| 2 | Old French | vile | town; city |
| 3 | Latin | vīlla | country house; villa |
| 4 | Latin | vetera | the old; old times, ancient times, antiquity |
| 5 | Latin | vetus | old, aged, elderly, ancient; long-standing;... |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |