Where does “nombril” come from?

nombril (Middle French) comes from Old French nonbril, from Latin umbilīculus, from Latin umbilīcus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nóbʰōl — navel.

nombril (Middle French): belly button

Definitions

  1. belly button

Ancestry of “nombril”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchnonbrilbelly button; navel
2Latinumbilīculus—
3Latinumbilīcusa navel
4Proto-Indo-European*h₃nóbʰōlnavel

Words derived from “nombril”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nóbʰōl →Every word from Latin umbilīcus →Every word from Latin umbilīculus →