Where does “Noël” come from?
Noël (French) comes from Middle French Noël, from Old French noel, from Latin nātālis, from Latin nātus, from Latin gnātus, from Proto-Italic gnātos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁tós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
Noël (French): API; huzzah, hurrah
Ancestry of “Noël”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | Noël | Christmas |
| 2 | Old French | noel | Christmas |
| 3 | Latin | nātālis | — |
| 4 | Latin | nātus | — |
| 5 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
Words derived from “Noël”