Where does “cistellenc” come from?
cistellenc (Catalan) comes from Catalan cistella, from Latin cistella, from Latin cistula, 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.
Ancestry of “cistellenc”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | cistella | basket |
| 2 | Latin | cistella | a small chest or box |
| 3 | Latin | cistula | a basket; a small chest; vocative singular of... |
| 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 |