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Where does “filieu” come from?

filieu (Norman) comes from Old French fillol, from Latin fīliolus, from Latin fīlius, from Old Latin fīlios, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁y-li-os, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.

filieu (Norman): godson

Definitions

  1. godson

Ancestry of “filieu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfillolgodson
2Latinfīliolus—
3Latinfīlius—
4Old Latinfīlios—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁y-li-ossucker
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse
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