Where does “Filles du Roy” come from?

Filles du Roy (Middle French) comes from Middle French fille, from Old French fille, from Latin fīlia, from Latin fīlius, from Old Latin fīlios, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁y-li-os, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.

Filles du Roy (Middle French): Filles du Roy

Definitions

  1. Filles du Roy

Ancestry of “Filles du Roy”, step by step

Filles du Roy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French fille

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchfilledaughter; girl
2Old Frenchfilledaughter; girl
3Latinfīliadaughter
4Latinfīliusa son
5Old Latinfīlios—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁y-li-ossucker
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse

via Middle French roy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchroyking
2Old Frenchroiking
3Latinrēxking, ruler
4Proto-Italicrēksking
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃rḗǵsking, ruler
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just

Words derived from “Filles du Roy”

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