Where does “écoville” come from?

écoville (French) comes from French ville, from Middle French ville, from Old French ville, from Latin vīlla, from Latin vetera, from Latin vetus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

écoville (French): ecotown, ecocity

Definitions

  1. ecotown, ecocity

Ancestry of “écoville”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvilletown, city
2Middle Frenchvillecity or town
3Old Frenchvillecity or town
4Latinvīllacountry house; villa
5Latinveterathe old; old times, ancient times, antiquity
6Latinvetusold, aged, elderly, ancient; long-standing;...
7Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
8Proto-Italic-tus
9Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin vetus