Where does “ficelle” come from?

ficelle (French) comes from Latin filicella, from Latin fīlum, from Proto-Italic fī(s)lom, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-.

ficelle (French): twine; Form of ficeler

Definitions

  1. twine; Form of ficeler

Ancestry of “ficelle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfilicella—
2Latinfīlumthread, string, filament, fiber
3Proto-Italicfī(s)lom—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷʰiH-(s-)lo-—

Words derived from “ficelle”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- →Every word from Proto-Italic fī(s)lom →Every word from Latin fīlum →