Where does “vieillement” come from?
vieillement (French) comes from French vieille, 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 — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
vieillement (French): agedly in an old way
Ancestry of “vieillement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | vieille | feminine singular of vieux |
| 2 | French | vieux | old; old person |
| 3 | Middle French | vieulx | old |
| 4 | Old French | viel | old; old person |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | veclus | Syncopic form of vetulus |
| 6 | Latin | vetulus | old; little old, poor old; old man; little old... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |