Where does “anguillère” come from?

anguillère (French) comes from French anguille, from Old French anguille, from Latin anguilla, from Proto-Italic *anɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éngʷʰis — snake.

anguillère (French): A fishpond in which eels are bred

Definitions

  1. A fishpond in which eels are bred

Ancestry of “anguillère”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchanguilleeel
2Old Frenchanguilleeel
3Latinanguillaeel; small snake; vocative singular of anguilla
4Proto-Italic*anɣʷissnake
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éngʷʰissnake
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éngʷʰis →Every word from Proto-Italic *anɣʷis →Every word from Latin anguilla →