Where does “ail” come from?

ail (Norman) comes from Old French ail, from Latin allium, from Proto-Indo-European ālu-.

ail (Norman): garlic

Definitions

  1. garlic

Ancestry of “ail”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchail—
2Latinalliumlate form of ālium
3Proto-Indo-Europeanālu-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ālu- →Every word from Latin allium →Every word from Old French ail →