Where does “sêl” come from?
sêl (Romagnol) comes from Middle English zele, from Old French zel, from Late Latin zelus, from Ancient Greek ζῆλος, from Ancient Greek ζηλόω, from Ancient Greek -όω, from Proto-Indo-European -oyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
sêl (Romagnol): salt
Definitions
- salt
Ancestry of “sêl”, step by step
sêl traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English zele
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | zele | Zeal; endless devotion or striving; Intense love... |
| 2 | Old French | zel | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | zelus | jealousy; zeal, emulation |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ζῆλος | eager rivalry, zealous imitation, emulation, a... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ζηλόω | I emulate; I am jealous |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -όω | Added to a noun or adjective to make a verb with... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -oyéti | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English seal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | seal | A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal |
| 2 | Middle English | sel | Good fortune, prosperity, luck |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | sëel | — |
| 4 | Latin | sigillum | figurine, statuette; seal |
| 5 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 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 |