Where does “envelliment” come from?
envelliment (Catalan) comes from Catalan envellir, from Catalan vell, from Latin vetulus, 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.
envelliment (Catalan): aging
Definitions
- aging
Ancestry of “envelliment”, step by step
envelliment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan envellir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | envellir | to age |
| 2 | Catalan | vell | old; fleece |
| 3 | Latin | vetulus | old; little old, poor old; old man; little old... |
| 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 |