Where does “femele” come from?

femele (Old French) comes from Latin femella, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

femele (Old French): female

Definitions

  1. female

Ancestry of “femele”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfemellagirl, young woman; vocative singular of femella;...
2Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
3Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
4Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “femele”

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