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Where does “Pendolino” come from?

Pendolino (English) comes from Italian Pendolino, from Italian pendolo, from Latin pendulus, 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.

Pendolino (English): Any of a class of tilting trains based on the...

Definitions

  1. Any of a class of tilting trains based on the...

Ancestry of “Pendolino”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianPendolino—
2Italianpendolofirst-person singular present indicative of...
3Latinpendulushanging, hanging down, pendent, suspended;...
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
5Proto-Italic-olos—
6Proto-Italic-elos—
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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