Where does “agenoillier” come from?

agenoillier (Old French) comes from Old French ier, from Latin herī, from Latin here, from Proto-Italic hezī, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyési, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyes-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeǵʰ- — day.

agenoillier (Old French): to kneel; to kneel down

Definitions

  1. to kneel; to kneel down

Ancestry of “agenoillier”, step by step

agenoillier traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French ier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchieryesterday
2Latinherīyesterday
3Latinhereyesterday; second-person singular present active...
4Proto-Italichezī—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyésiyesterday
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyes-yesterday, the day before
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeǵʰ-day

via Old French a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchato; towards; belonging to
2LatinA—
3Etruscan𐌀and, also
4Ancient Greekᾱ̔—
5Phoenician𐤀ox; aleph; alef
6Egyptian𓃾—

via Old French genoil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgenoilknee
2Latingenuculumknee
3Latingeniculumknee; little knot
4Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
5Proto-Italic*-kelosDiminutive suffix

Words derived from “agenoillier”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyes- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyési →