proper noun/delfiˈnado/
Dauphiné (a former province in southeastern France, centred on Grenoble)
Etymology tree Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphís)bor. Latin delphīnus Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus, -tūs Latin -ātus Latin delphīnātus Latin Vienna Latin -ēnsis Latin Viennēnsis Latin Delphīnātus Viennēnsisellip. Latin Delphīnātusbor. Spanish Delfinado Borrowed 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 d