Where does “encasellar” come from?
encasellar (Catalan) comes from Catalan casella, from Latin casella, from Latin casula, 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.
encasellar (Catalan): to pigeonhole to categorize; especially to limit or be limited to a particular category, role, etc
Definitions
- to pigeonhole to categorize; especially to limit or be limited to a particular category, role, etc
Ancestry of “encasellar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | casella | compartment |
| 2 | Latin | casella | hut, small cottage; small farm |
| 3 | Latin | casula | hut, small cottage; rural property, small farm;... |
| 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 |