Where does “écouler” come from?

écouler (French) comes from French couler, from Old French couler, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

écouler (French): to sell off, to shift; to flow; to pass, to...

Definitions

  1. to sell off, to shift; to flow; to pass, to...

Ancestry of “écouler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcoulerto sink
2Old Frenchcoulerto flow
3Latincolōto cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden
4Latinquelō—
5Proto-Italickʷelōto inhabit
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

Words derived from “écouler”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷelō →