Where does “œuf” come from?

œuf (French) comes 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.

œuf (French): egg; egg; ovum

Definitions

  1. egg; egg; ovum

Ancestry of “œuf”, step by step

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

Words derived from “œuf”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Latin ōvum →
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