Where does “fontenele” come from?

fontenele (Old French) comes from Old French ele, from Latin āla, from Latin axla, from Latin axis, from Proto-Italic aksis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱs-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

fontenele (Old French): small fountain

Definitions

  1. small fountain

Ancestry of “fontenele”, step by step

fontenele traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French ele

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frencheleshe; wing
2Latinālaa wing appendage of an animal's body that enables it to fly
3Latinaxla—
4LatinaxisAn axletree of wagon, car, chariot; The North...
5Proto-Italicaksis—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱs-axis, axle
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

via Old French fontaine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfontainefountain
2Latinfontānaspring, fountain, source
3Latinfontānusbearing a relation to the spring or source
4Latinfonsa spring, a fountain; fresh water, spring water;...
5Latinfontisgenitive singular of fōns
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