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Where does “apel” come from?

apel (Middle English) comes from Old French apel, from Old French apeler, from Latin appellō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

Ancestry of “apel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchapelcall
2Old Frenchapelerto call, to call out
3Latinappellō—
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “apel”

  • peal
  • thunderpeal
  • pealeth
  • pealest
  • pele
  • peil
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →