Where does “vieille” come from?
vieille (French) comes from French vieux, from Middle French vieulx, from Old French viel, from Vulgar Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
vieille (French): feminine singular of vieux
Definitions
- feminine singular of vieux
Ancestry of “vieille”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | vieux | old; old person |
| 2 | Middle French | vieulx | old |
| 3 | Old French | viel | old; old person |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | veclus | Syncopic form of vetulus |
| 5 | Latin | vetulus | old; little old, poor old; old man; little old... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |