Where does “volaille” come from?

volaille (French) comes from Old French volille, from Late Latin volatilia, from Latin volātilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

volaille (French): poultry

Definitions

  1. poultry

Ancestry of “volaille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvolille—
2Late Latinvolatilianominative neuter plural of volātilis; accusative...
3Latinvolātilisflying, winged
4Latin-ilis-ile
5Proto-Italic-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “volaille”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin volātilis →