Where does “chamelle” come from?

chamelle (French) comes from Latin camēla, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

chamelle (French): she-camel, female camel

Definitions

  1. she-camel, female camel

Ancestry of “chamelle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincamēlaa (female) camel, a (camel) cow
2Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
3Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Proto-Italic -ā →