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Where does “genoil” come from?

genoil (Old French) comes from Latin genuculum, from Latin geniculum, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos.

genoil (Old French): knee

Definitions

  1. knee

Ancestry of “genoil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingenuculum—
2Latingeniculumknee; little knot
3Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
4Proto-Italic*-kelos—

Words derived from “genoil”

  • ragenouiller
  • genouillère
  • agenouillade
  • agenouilliste
  • genou
  • agenouiller
  • agenouillement
  • agenoillier
  • g'nou
  • genoul
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