Where does “sylphide” come from?

sylphide (French) comes from French -ide, from Middle French -ide, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

sylphide (French): female sylph

Definitions

  1. female sylph

Ancestry of “sylphide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-ideid (dynast)
2Middle French-ideid (dynast)
3Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
4Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
5Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “sylphide”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -is →Every word from Latin -a →