Etymology

Lille

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Today it means: The capital of Nord department and the Hauts-de-France region, France. Full definition →

French Lille ← Old French l'Isle ← Latin īnsula
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromīnsula“island”
  2. Old French · derived froml'Isle“the Island”
  3. French · borrowed fromLille
  4. English todayLille

From French Lille (see there for more), from Old French l'Isle (“the Island”), ultimately from Latin īnsula (“island”). Compare also isle and Lyle.

Words from the same roots

Latinīnsula all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.