Etymology Explorer › Old French

Where does “sele” come from?

sele (Old French) comes from Latin sella, from Proto-Italic sedlā, from Proto-Indo-European sed-lo-.

sele (Old French): saddle

Definitions

  1. saddle

Ancestry of “sele”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsellaseat, chair; sedan chair; saddle
2Proto-Italicsedlā—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansed-lo-—

Words derived from “sele”

  • resseller
  • sellier
  • seller
  • sellerie
  • selle
  • desseller
  • enseler
  • sellyi
  • selle
  • sellot
  • seller
  • sell'lie
  • selle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sed-lo- →