Where does “huileux” come from?

huileux (Norman) comes from French huileux, from French huile, from Middle French huyle, from Old French oile, from Latin oleum, from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον, from Ancient Greek ἐλαία, from Proto-Hellenic elaíwā.

huileux (Norman): oily

Definitions

  1. oily

Ancestry of “huileux”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhuileuxoily
2Frenchhuileoil; big gun, big cheese; first-person singular...
3Middle Frenchhuyleoil
4Old Frenchoileoil
5Latinoleumolive oil; the palaestra
6Ancient Greekἔλαιονolive oil, commonly used as an anointing oil; any...
7Ancient Greekἐλαίαolive tree; olive; naevus
8Proto-Hellenicelaíwā—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanloiwom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European loiwom →Every word from Proto-Hellenic elaíwā →Every word from Ancient Greek ἐλαία →