Where does “fenel” come from?

fenel (Middle English) comes from Old English fenol, from Old French fenoil, from Vulgar Latin fenuclum, from Latin fēnuculum, from Latin fēnum, from Latin faenum, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.

fenel (Middle English): fennel

Definitions

  1. fennel

Ancestry of “fenel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfenol—
2Old Frenchfenoilfennel
3Vulgar Latinfenuclum—
4Latinfēnuculumfennel
5Latinfēnumhay
6Latinfaenumhay; any dried plant; fenugreek
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse

Words derived from “fenel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- →Every word from Latin faenum →Every word from Latin fēnum →