Where does “goupiller” come from?

goupiller (French) comes from French goupille, from French goupil, from Old French gulpil, from Vulgar Latin vulpiculus, from Latin vulpecula, from Latin vulpēs, from Latin volpēs, from Proto-Italic wolpis — fox, jackal.

goupiller (French): to pin

Definitions

  1. to pin

Ancestry of “goupiller”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgoupillepin; cotter pin; first-person singular present...
2Frenchgoupilfox
3Old Frenchgulpil—
4Vulgar Latinvulpiculus—
5LatinvulpeculaDiminutive of vulpēs; A little fox
6Latinvulpēsa fox, vixen
7Latinvolpēs—
8Proto-Italicwolpisfox
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wl(o)p-fox, jackal
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂wl(o)p- →Every word from Proto-Italic wolpis →Every word from Latin volpēs →