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Where does “goupil” come from?

goupil (French) comes from Old French gulpil, from Vulgar Latin vulpiculus, from Latin vulpecula, from Latin vulpēs, from Latin volpēs, from Proto-Italic wolpis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wl(o)p- — fox, jackal.

goupil (French): fox

Definitions

  1. fox

Ancestry of “goupil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgulpil—
2Vulgar Latinvulpiculus—
3LatinvulpeculaDiminutive of vulpēs; A little fox
4Latinvulpēs—
5Latinvolpēs—
6Proto-Italicwolpisfox
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wl(o)p-fox, jackal

Words derived from “goupil”

  • dégoupiller
  • goupille
  • goupiller
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂wl(o)p- →