Where does “ormeau” come from?

ormeau (French) comes from French orme, from Old French olme, from Latin ulmus, from Proto-Indo-European h₁élem — mountain elm.

ormeau (French): abalone; elm

Definitions

  1. abalone; elm

Ancestry of “ormeau”, step by step

ormeau traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French orme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchormeelm
2Old Frencholme
3Latinulmuselm
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁élemmountain elm

via Latin auris maris

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinauris maris
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁élem