Where does “fenouil” come from?

fenouil (French) comes from Old French fenoil, from Vulgar Latin fenuclum, from Latin fēnuculum, from Latin fēnum, from Latin faenum, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.

fenouil (French): fennel

Definitions

  1. fennel

Ancestry of “fenouil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfenoilfennel
2Vulgar Latinfenuclum—
3Latinfēnuculumfennel
4Latinfēnumhay
5Latinfaenumhay; any dried plant; fenugreek
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- →Every word from Latin faenum →Every word from Latin fēnum →