Where does “filleul” come from?

filleul (French) comes from Old French fillol, from Latin fīliolus, from Latin fīlius, from Old Latin fīlios, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁y-li-os, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.

filleul (French): godson

Definitions

  1. godson

Ancestry of “filleul”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfillolgodson
2Latinfīliolusyoung son
3Latinfīliusa son
4Old Latinfīlios—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁y-li-ossucker
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse

Words derived from “filleul”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁y-li-os →Every word from Old Latin fīlios →