Where does “fel” come from?

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

Ancestry of “fel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfelevil; vile; despicable
2Latinfelgall bladder; gall, bile; poison
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- →Every word from Latin fel →Every word from Old French fel →