The story
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*aþalaz“noble”
- French · derived fromAdèle
- English todayAdela
Latinate form of French Adèle, short form of Germanic compound names beginning with Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (“noble”). Compare Old English æþele, English athel.
Words from the same roots
FrenchAdèle all →
adele
Proto-Germanic*aþalaz all →
ElmiraAdelAdell
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.