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Where does “tilleul” come from?

tilleul (French) comes from Old French tilluel, from Vulgar Latin tiliolus, from Latin tilia — linden or lime tree; the inner bark of the linden...

tilleul (French): linden, lime

Definitions

  1. linden, lime

Ancestry of “tilleul”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtilluel—
2Vulgar Latintiliolus—
3Latintilialinden or lime tree; the inner bark of the linden...

Words derived from “tilleul”

  • tilleul
Every word from Latin tilia →