Where does “oignon” come from?
oignon (French) comes from Middle French oingnon, from Old French oignon, from Latin ūniō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
oignon (French): onion; bulb; one's own business
Definitions
- onion; bulb; one's own business
Ancestry of “oignon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | oingnon | onion |
| 2 | Old French | oignon | onion |
| 3 | Latin | ūniō | — |
| 4 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “oignon”