Where does “viellart” come from?
viellart (Old French) comes from Old French viel, from Vulgar Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
viellart (Old French): old man
Definitions
- old man
Ancestry of “viellart”, step by step
viellart traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French viel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | viel | old; old person |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | veclus | Syncopic form of vetulus |
| 3 | Latin | vetulus | old; little old, poor old; old man; little old... |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Old French art
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | art | art (skill; practice; method) |
| 2 | Latin | artem | accusative singular of ars; first-person singular... |
| 3 | Latin | ars | art; skill, craft, handicraft, trade, power |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | artis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂értis | fitting |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |