Where does “anguille” come from?
anguille (French) comes from Old French anguille, from Latin anguilla, from Proto-Italic *anɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éngʷʰis — snake.
anguille (French): eel
Ancestry of “anguille”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | anguille | eel |
| 2 | Latin | anguilla | eel; small snake; vocative singular of anguilla |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *anɣʷis | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éngʷʰis | snake |
Words derived from “anguille”