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Where does “ameublir” come from?

ameublir (French) comes from French meuble, from Italian mobilia, from German Möbel, from Middle French meuble, from Latin mōbilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

ameublir (French): To soften

Definitions

  1. To soften

Ancestry of “ameublir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmeublepiece of furniture; charge; piece of personal...
2Italianmobiliafurniture; third-person singular present...
3GermanMöbelfurniture; piece of furniture
4Middle Frenchmeuble—
5Latinmōbilis—
6Latin-bilis-ble
7Proto-Italic-ðlis—
8Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
9Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

Words derived from “ameublir”

  • ameublissement
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom →