Where does “flageolet” come from?

flageolet (French) comes from Italian fagiolo, from Latin phaseolus, from Latin phaselus, from Ancient Greek φάσηλος — cowpea.

flageolet (French): flageolet; A type of kidney bean, common in...

Definitions

  1. flageolet; A type of kidney bean, common in...

Ancestry of “flageolet”, step by step

flageolet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian fagiolo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfagiolobean
2LatinphaseolusA type of bean with an edible pod; in Antiquity:...
3Latinphaselusa kind of bean with an edible pod, French bean,...
4Ancient Greekφάσηλοςcowpea

via Old French flajol

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchflajolflute
2Vulgar Latin*flabeolum
3Latinflarepresent active infinitive of flō; second-person...

Words derived from “flageolet

Every word from Ancient Greek φάσηλοςEvery word from Latin phaselusEvery word from Latin phaseolus