proper noun/do.fi.ne/
Dauphiné (a former province in southeastern France, centred on Grenoble)
Related: dauphinois, Dauphinois, Dauphinoise
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. Middle French Dauphiné French Dauphiné Inherited from Middle French Dauphiné, from Medieval Latin Delphīnātus (literally “the Dauphinate”), ellipsis of Delphīnātus Viennēnsis (“the Dauphinate of Vienne”, literally “the Viennese Dauphinate”).