Etymology Explorer › Old English

Where does “fenol” come from?

fenol (Old English) comes from Old French fenoil, from Vulgar Latin fenuclum, from Latin fēnuculum, from Latin fēnum, from Latin faenum, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.

Ancestry of “fenol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfenoilfennel
2Vulgar Latinfenuclum—
3Latinfēnuculum—
4Latinfēnum—
5Latinfaenumhay; any dried plant; fenugreek
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse

Words derived from “fenol”

  • fennel
  • dogfennel
  • fennelflower
  • fenel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- →