Where does “sellar” come from?

sellar (Asturian) comes from Latin sigillāre, from Latin sigillum, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

sellar (Asturian): to seal

Definitions

  1. to seal

Ancestry of “sellar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsigillāre
2Latinsigillumfigurine, statuette; seal
3Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
4Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “sellar

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -lusEvery word from Latin sigillum