Where does “bròquil” come from?

bròquil (Catalan) comes from Italian broccolo, from Italian -òlo, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

bròquil (Catalan): cauliflower, broccoflower certain varieties of cauliflower

Definitions

  1. cauliflower, broccoflower certain varieties of cauliflower

Ancestry of “bròquil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbroccolobroccoli; stupid person
2Italian-òloused to form a diminutive of a masculine noun, indicating small size or youth
3Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
4Proto-Italic-olos
5Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
6Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós