Where does “fille” come from?
fille (Old French) comes from Latin fīlia, from Latin fīlius, from Old Latin fīlios, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁y-li-os, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.
fille (Old French): daughter; girl
Ancestry of “fille”, step by step
Words derived from “fille”