Where does “silhouetter” come from?

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

silhouetter (French): to silhouette, outline

Definitions

  1. to silhouette, outline

Ancestry of “silhouetter”, 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 →
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