Where does “formulemelk” come from?
formulemelk (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans formule, from Dutch formule, from Middle French formule, from Latin formula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
formulemelk (Afrikaans): infant formula
Definitions
- infant formula
Ancestry of “formulemelk”, step by step
formulemelk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Afrikaans formule
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | formule | formula |
| 2 | Dutch | formule | formula |
| 3 | Middle French | formule | — |
| 4 | Latin | formula | shape, outline; form; beauty; pattern, mould;... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |