Where does “fel” come from?

fel (Old French) comes from Latin fel, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.

fel (Old French): evil; vile; despicable

Definitions

  1. evil; vile; despicable

Ancestry of “fel”, step by step

fel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin fel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfelgall bladder; gall, bile; poison
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow

via Proto-Germanic faluz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfaluzterrible; cruel; bad
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpol-to pour, flow, float, fly, swim, flee; to pour,...

Words derived from “fel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- →Every word from Latin fel →