Where does “fontenelle” come from?

fontenelle (Old French) comes from Old French fontaine, from Latin fontāna, from Latin fontānus, from Latin fons, from Latin fontis — genitive singular of fōns.

fontenelle (Old French): any place where two bones fuse together;...

Definitions

  1. any place where two bones fuse together;...

Ancestry of “fontenelle”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fontenelle”

Every word from Latin fontis →Every word from Latin fons →Every word from Latin fontānus →