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Where does “œuf” come from?

œuf (Middle French) comes from Old French oef, from Latin ōvum, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

œuf (Middle French): egg; ovum

Definitions

  1. egg; ovum

Ancestry of “œuf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchoefegg
2Latinōvum—
3Latin-ātus—
4Proto-Italic-ātos—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—

Words derived from “œuf”

  • œuf
  • œuf
  • zaef
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →