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Where does “genoill” come from?

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

genoill (Old French): knee

Definitions

  1. knee

Ancestry of “genoill”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latingenuclumknee
2Latingenuculum—
3Latingeniculumknee; little knot
4Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
5Proto-Italic*-kelos—

Words derived from “genoill”

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