Where does “Filles du Roi” come from?

Filles du Roi (French) comes from French fille, from Middle French fille, from Old French fille, from Latin fīlia, from Latin fīlius, from Old Latin fīlios, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁y-li-os, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.

Filles du Roi (French): Filles du Roy

Definitions

  1. Filles du Roy

Ancestry of “Filles du Roi”, step by step

Filles du Roi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French fille

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfillegirl; daughter; prostitute, wench
2Middle Frenchfilledaughter; girl
3Old Frenchfilledaughter; girl
4Latinfīliadaughter
5Latinfīliusa son
6Old Latinfīlios—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁y-li-ossucker
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse

via French roi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchroiking
2Middle Frenchroyking
3Old Frenchroiking
4Latinrēxking, ruler
5Proto-Italicrēksking
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃rḗǵsking, ruler
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just

Words derived from “Filles du Roi”

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