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Where does “vulpiculus” come from?

vulpiculus (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin vulpecula, from Latin vulpēs, from Latin volpēs, from Proto-Italic wolpis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wl(o)p- — fox, jackal.

Ancestry of “vulpiculus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinvulpeculaDiminutive of vulpēs; A little fox
2Latinvulpēs—
3Latinvolpēs—
4Proto-Italicwolpisfox
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wl(o)p-fox, jackal

Words derived from “vulpiculus”

  • goupiller
  • dégoupiller
  • goupille
  • goupil
  • golpilz
  • gulpil
  • volpil
  • vorpil
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