Where does “vieillissement” come from?
vieillissement (French) comes from French vieillir, 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.
vieillissement (French): aging, the action of getting older
Definitions
- aging, the action of getting older
Ancestry of “vieillissement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | vieillir | to grow old, to age |
| 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 | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |