Where does “ail” come from?
ail (French) comes from Old French ail, from Latin allium, from Proto-Indo-European ālu-.
ail (French): garlic
Ancestry of “ail”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | ail | — |
| 2 | Latin | allium | late form of ālium |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ālu- | — |