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Where does “anguillule” come from?

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

anguillule (French): eelworm

Definitions

  1. eelworm

Ancestry of “anguillule”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchanguilleeel
2Old Frenchanguilleeel
3Latinanguillaeel; small snake; vocative singular of anguilla
4Proto-Italic*anɣʷis—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éngʷʰissnake
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