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Where does “oef” come from?

oef (Old French) comes from Latin ōvum, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

oef (Old French): egg

Definitions

  1. egg

Ancestry of “oef”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinōvum—
2Latin-ātus—
3Proto-Italic-ātos—
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—

Words derived from “oef”

  • œuf
  • oeu
  • œu
  • œuf
  • oû
  • œuf
  • zaef
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