Where does “aneau” come from?
aneau (Middle French) comes from Old French anel, from Latin ānellus, from Latin ānulus, from Latin ānus, from Kabuverdianu anos, from Portuguese nós, from Old Portuguese enos, from Old Portuguese os.
aneau (Middle French): ring
Ancestry of “aneau”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | anel | ring |
| 2 | Latin | ānellus | — |
| 3 | Latin | ānulus | — |
| 4 | Latin | ānus | — |
| 5 | Kabuverdianu | anos | we, first person plural |
| 6 | Portuguese | nós | we; us; "first-person plural objective personal... |
| 7 | Old Portuguese | enos | — |
| 8 | Old Portuguese | os | the |
| 9 | Vulgar Latin | *lōs | — |
| 10 | Latin | illōs | — |
| 11 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 12 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |