Question 1

What is the definition of the French word "aïeuls"?

Accepted Answer

Plural of aïeul: The paternal and maternal grandparents, or the grandfather and grandmother.
All the ancestors, either paternal or maternal.

Question 2

What words are synonyms of the French word "aïeuls"?

Accepted Answer

<ul><li>ascendants</li></ul>

Question 3

Where does the French word "aïeuls" come from?

Accepted Answer

from Latin avus "grandfather" related to Gothic avô, "grandmother" and Old Norse afi "grandfather"; gives in popular Latin the diminutive aviolus whose accusative aviolum gives aiol (13th century) which leads to aïeul (16th century).

aïeuls

Syllable Decomposition

Etymology

Definitions

Synonym