Where does “fauve” come from?

fauve (French) comes from Middle French fauve, from Old French falve, from Late Latin falvus, from Frankish falu, from Proto-Germanic falwaz, from Proto-Indo-European polHwós, from Proto-Indo-European pelH- — pale, gray.

fauve (French): tawny; savage, fierce; dangerous, wild

Definitions

  1. tawny; savage, fierce; dangerous, wild

Ancestry of “fauve”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchfauve—
2Old Frenchfalve—
3Late Latinfalvus—
4Frankishfalu—
5Proto-Germanicfalwazpale, gray, fallow
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanpolHwóspale, gray
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanpelH-pale, gray

Words derived from “fauve”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pelH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European polHwós →Every word from Proto-Germanic falwaz →