Where does “selle” come from?

selle (French) comes from Middle French selle, from Old French sele, from Latin sella, from Proto-Italic sedlā, from Proto-Indo-European sed-lo-.

selle (French): saddle; commode; excrement

Definitions

  1. saddle; commode; excrement

Ancestry of “selle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchsellesaddle
2Old Frenchselesaddle
3Latinsellaseat, chair; sedan chair; saddle
4Proto-Italicsedlā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansed-lo-—

Words derived from “selle”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sed-lo- →Every word from Proto-Italic sedlā →Every word from Latin sella →