Where does “volaille” come from?

volaille (Norman) comes from Old French [[volille]], [[volleille]], from Late Latin volatilia, from Latin volātilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

volaille (Norman): poultry

Definitions

  1. poultry

Ancestry of “volaille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old French[[volille]], [[volleille]]
2Late Latinvolatilianominative neuter plural of volātilis; accusative...
3Latinvolātilisflying, winged
4Latin-ilis-ile
5Proto-Italic-elis
6Proto-Indo-European-elis
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ilisEvery word from Latin volātilis
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