Where does “passereau” come from?

passereau (French) comes from Italian passero, from Latin passer, from Proto-Indo-European peth₂- — to spread out; to fly.

passereau (French): sparrow; passerine

Definitions

  1. sparrow; passerine

Ancestry of “passereau”, step by step

passereau traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian passero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpasserosparrow
2Latinpassersparrow; turbot
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpeth₂-to spread out; to fly

via Old French passerel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpasserel—

Words derived from “passereau”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peth₂- →Every word from Latin passer →Every word from Italian passero →