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Where does “lobular” come from?

lobular (Catalan) comes from Catalan lòbul, from Latin lobulus, 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 “lobular”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanlòbul—
2Latinlobulus—
3Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
4Proto-Italic-olos—
5Proto-Italic-elos—
6Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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