Where does “aiol” come from?
aiol (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin aviolus, from Latin avus, from Proto-Celtic abū, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ep- — water, body of water.
Ancestry of “aiol”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | aviolus | grandfather |
| 2 | Latin | avus | grandfather; an ancestor, a progenitor, a... |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | abū | river |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ep- | water, body of water |
Words derived from “aiol”