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Where does “-aille” come from?

-aille (French) comes from Italian -aglia, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis.

-aille (French): Forming feminine nouns having a colloquial or...

Definitions

  1. Forming feminine nouns having a colloquial or...

Ancestry of “-aille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-agliaUsed to create female collective nouns, often...
2Latin-ālis—
3Proto-Italic-ālis—

Words derived from “-aille”

  • grisaille
  • ferrallero
  • ferralla
  • grisalla
  • grisaglia
  • retrouvaille
  • ferraille
  • cochonnaille
  • fiançaille
  • fiançailles
  • débroussailler
  • broussaille
  • muraille
  • négraille
  • écrivaillon
  • -aillon
  • grisaille
  • engrisailler
  • débroussailleuse
  • bleusaille
  • avocaillon
  • ferrailler
  • ferrailleur
  • flicaille
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