Where does “feuille-morte” come from?
feuille-morte (French) comes from French feuille, from Old French fueille, from Late Latin folia, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
feuille-morte (French): of the colour of dying leaves: russet,...
Definitions
- of the colour of dying leaves: russet,...
Ancestry of “feuille-morte”, step by step
feuille-morte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French feuille
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | feuille | leaf; sheet; ear |
| 2 | Old French | fueille | leaf |
| 3 | Late Latin | folia | nominative plural of folium; accusative plural of... |
| 4 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via French morte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | morte | feminine singular of mort; feminine singular of... |
| 2 | French | mort | past participle of mourir; dead; death |
| 3 | Middle French | mort | death |
| 4 | Old French | mort | past participle of morir; dead; death |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | mortus | — |
| 6 | Latin | mortuus | dead, having died; decayed, withered; faint,... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | mortwos | dead |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mr̥twós | dead |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mer- | to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland |