Where does “ele” come from?

ele (Middle English) comes from Old English ele, from Proto-Germanic *oli, from Latin oleum, from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον, from Ancient Greek ἐλαία, from Proto-Hellenic elaíwā, from Proto-Indo-European loiwom.

ele (Middle English): eel

Definitions

  1. eel

Ancestry of “ele”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englisheleoil
2Proto-Germanic*oli—
3Latinoleumolive oil; the palaestra
4Ancient Greekἔλαιονolive oil, commonly used as an anointing oil; any...
5Ancient Greekἐλαίαolive tree; olive; naevus
6Proto-Hellenicelaíwā—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanloiwom—

Words derived from “ele”

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