Where does “silhouette” come from?

silhouette (French) comes from French Silhouette, from Basque Ziloeta, from Basque zulo, from Proto-Basque *zuLo — hole.

silhouette (French): silhouette; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. silhouette; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “silhouette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchSilhouettesilhouette
2BasqueZiloeta—
3Basquezulohole; pit; den, hiding place
4Proto-Basque*zuLohole
Every word from Proto-Basque *zuLo →Every word from Basque zulo →Every word from Basque Ziloeta →