Where does “فامیل” come from?
فامیل (Persian) comes from French famille, from Middle French famille, from Latin familia, from Latin famulus, from Proto-Italic famelos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰh₁-m-eló-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
فامیل (Persian): family; relatives
Ancestry of “فامیل”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | famille | family |
| 2 | Middle French | famille | — |
| 3 | Latin | familia | family; household; A quantity of land adequate... |
| 4 | Latin | famulus | serving, servile; a servant, slave |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | famelos | servile, domestic |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰh₁-m-eló- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |