Where does “noisette” come from?

noisette (French) comes from French noix, from Old French nois, from Latin nux, from Proto-Italic knuks, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

noisette (French): hazelnut; noisette; knob

Definitions

  1. hazelnut; noisette; knob

Ancestry of “noisette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnoixwalnut; nut
2Old Frenchnoisnut
3LatinnuxA nut; A nut-tree; A fruit with a hard shell or...
4Proto-Italicknuksnut
5Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
6Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin

Words derived from “noisette”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European knew- →Every word from Proto-Italic knuks →