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Where does “gevell” come from?

gevell (Cornish) comes from Latin gemellus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

gevell (Cornish): twin

Definitions

  1. twin

Ancestry of “gevell”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingemellustwin
2Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
3Proto-Italic-elos—
4Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “gevell”

  • gevelles
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