The story
- Latin · derived fromavus
- Vulgar Latin · derived from*aviolus
- Old French · derived fromaiol
- Middle English · inherited fromayel
- English todayayel
Inherited from Middle English ayel, aiel, from Old French aiol, aiuel, from Vulgar Latin *aviolus, ultimately from Latin avus. Compare modern French aïeul.
Words from the same roots
Latinavus all →
avitalnimravid
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.