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Where does “dauphine” come from?

dauphine (French) comes from Middle French Dauphiné, from Latin Delphīnātus, from Latin delphīnus, from Ancient Greek δελφίν, from Ancient Greek δελφύς, from Proto-Indo-European gʷelbʰ- — the womb.

dauphine (French): female equivalent of dauphin

Definitions

  1. female equivalent of dauphin

Ancestry of “dauphine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle FrenchDauphiné—
2LatinDelphīnātus—
3Latindelphīnus—
4Ancient Greekδελφίν—
5Ancient Greekδελφύςthe womb
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷelbʰ-the womb

Words derived from “dauphine”

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