Where does “fel” come from?

fel (Middle Dutch) comes from Old French fel, from Latin fel, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.

fel (Middle Dutch): cruel, harsh; evil; terrible

Definitions

  1. cruel, harsh; evil; terrible

Ancestry of “fel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfelevil; vile; despicable
2Latinfelgall bladder; gall, bile; poison
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow

Words derived from “fel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- →Every word from Latin fel →Every word from Old French fel →