Where does “bucle” come from?
bucle (Catalan) comes from French boucle, from Old French boucle, from Latin buccula, 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.
bucle (Catalan): loop
Definitions
- loop
Ancestry of “bucle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | boucle | loop; earring; buckle |
| 2 | Old French | boucle | buckle |
| 3 | Latin | buccula | little cheek or mouth; the beaver, part of a... |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |