Where does “autel” come from?

autel (Old French) comes from Old French alter, from Latin altāre, from Latin adoleō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

autel (Old French): altar; similar

Definitions

altar; similar

Ancestry of “autel”, step by step

autel traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French alter

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	alter	—
2	Latin	altāre	altar, fitting for burnt offerings
3	Latin	adoleō	to emit an odor, smell
4	Latin	ad-	to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5	Latin	īn-	un-, non-, not
6	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
7	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8	Proto-Italic	en	in
9	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

via Old French tel

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	tel	such a
2	Latin	tālis	such
3	Proto-Indo-European	tód	demonstrative pronoun; that; it
4	Proto-Indo-European	to-	it; that; the, that
5	Proto-Indo-European	só	this; that

via Old French au

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	au	—

Words derived from “autel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Latin ad- →