aïeul
French
noun
Definitions
- ancestor
- (by extension) grandfather
- (by extension) old man
Etymology
Inherited from Old French aiol inherited from Latin *aviolus, avus (grandfather, ancestor, old man).
Origin
Latin
avus
Gloss
grandfather, ancestor, old man
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
祖
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ael English
- avital English
- besaiel English
- tresayle English
- *aviolus Latin
- *avoilu- Latin
- avitus Latin
- avunculus Latin
- avus Latin
- proavus Latin
- tris Latin
- tritavus Latin
- avo Italian
- bisaïeul French
- trisaïeul French
- abolengo Spanish, Castilian
- abuelastro Spanish, Castilian
- abuelito Spanish, Castilian
- abuelo Spanish, Castilian
- bisabuelo Spanish, Castilian
- *h₂ewh₂yos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éwh₂os Proto-Indo-European
- aiel Middle English
- ayel Middle English
- aiol Old French
- beseel Old French
- avo Esperanto
- avi Catalan, Valencian
- auș Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- Nimravidae Translingual
- lolo Tagalog
- aush Aromanian
- von Friulian
- welo Papiamentu
- lolo Bikol Central
- abuelo Hiligaynon