The story
- Latin · derived fromalnētum“alderwood”
- Old French · derived fromde“from”
- French · derived fromDelannoy
- English todayDelano
Americanized form of French Delannoy, from Old French de (“from”) + Lannoy (the name of several places in France and Belgium), from l (“the”) + Latin alnētum (“alderwood”), from alnus (“alder”) + -ētum (“place”).
Words from the same roots
Old Frenchde all →
DisneydashDe La WarrDowthwaite
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.