Where does “cellulair” come from?
cellulair (Dutch) comes from English cellular, from Latin cellularis, from Latin cellula, 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.
cellulair (Dutch): cellular
Definitions
- cellular
Ancestry of “cellulair”, step by step
cellulair traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cellular
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cellular | Of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a... |
| 2 | Latin | cellularis | cellular |
| 3 | Latin | cellula | small room, especially that of a slave; humble... |
| 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 |
via French cellulaire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | cellulaire | cellular; cellular phone, mobile phone; Ellipsis... |
| 2 | French | -aire | -ary; -aire |
| 3 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |