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Where does “Oval” come from?

Oval (English) comes from Late Latin ovalis, from Latin ōvum, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

Ancestry of “Oval”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late LatinovalisOf or pertaining to an ovation
2Latinōvum—
3Latin-ātus—
4Proto-Italic-ātos—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—

Words derived from “Oval”

  • Ovalgate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →