Where does “goupille” come from?

goupille (French) comes from French goupil, 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.

goupille (French): pin; cotter pin; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. pin; cotter pin; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “goupille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgoupilfox
2Old Frenchgulpil
3Vulgar Latinvulpiculus
4LatinvulpeculaDiminutive of vulpēs; A little fox
5Latinvulpēsa fox, vixen
6Latinvolpēs
7Proto-Italicwolpisfox
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wl(o)p-fox, jackal

Words derived from “goupille

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂wl(o)p-Every word from Proto-Italic wolpisEvery word from Latin volpēs