Where does “graïlle” come from?

graïlle (Old French) comes from Occitan gralha, from Vulgar Latin gracla, from Latin grācula, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

graïlle (Old French): grate, grating

Definitions

  1. grate, grating

Ancestry of “graïlle”, step by step

graïlle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Occitan gralha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Occitangralhacrow
2Vulgar Latingracla—
3Latingrācula(female) jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)
4Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
5Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

via Latin crāticula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincrāticulagrill, grating
2Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
3Proto-Italic*-kelosDiminutive suffix

Words derived from “graïlle”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Latin grācula →
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