Where does “volpil” come from?
volpil (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin vulpiculus, from Latin vulpecula, from Latin vulpēs, from Latin volpēs, from Proto-Italic wolpis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wl(o)p- — fox, jackal.
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Words derived from “volpil”