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Where does “Silhouette” come from?

Silhouette (German) comes from French Silhouette, from Basque Ziloeta, from Basque zulo, from Proto-Basque *zuLo.

Silhouette (German): silhouette

Definitions

  1. silhouette

Ancestry of “Silhouette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchSilhouette—
2BasqueZiloeta—
3Basquezulohole; pit; den, hiding place
4Proto-Basque*zuLo—
Every word from Proto-Basque *zuLo →