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Where does “anoblir” come from?

anoblir (French) comes from French noble, from Old French noble, from Latin nōbilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

anoblir (French): to ennoble, to knight

Definitions

  1. to ennoble, to knight

Ancestry of “anoblir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnoblenoble, aristocratic; non-synthetic, natural;...
2Old Frenchnoblenoble; upper-class; well-bred
3Latinnōbilis—
4Latin-bilis-ble
5Proto-Italic-ðlis—
6Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
7Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
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