Dauphiné

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷelbʰ-
2. Ancient Greekδελφίς (delphís)
3. Latindelphīnus
4. Latindelphīnātus
5. LatinVienna
6. LatinViennēnsis
7. LatinDelphīnātus Viennēnsisellip.
8. LatinDelphīnātu
9. Middle FrenchDauphiné
10. FrenchDauphiné
11. English todayDauphiné

Borrowed from French Dauphiné, from Medieval Latin Delphīnātus (literally “the Dauphinate”), ellipsis of Delphīnātus Viennēnsis (“the Dauphinate of Vienne”, literally “the Viennese Dauphinate”). The Latin delphīnātus (“dauphinate”) derives from delphīnus (“dauphin”) + -ātus (suffix forming abstract nouns). Doublet of Dauphiny, Delphinate, and dauphinate.

Words from the same roots