Where does “alveolately” come from?
alveolately (English) comes from English alveolate, from Latin alveolātus, from Latin alveolus, from Latin -olus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
alveolately (English): In an alveolate manner
Definitions
- In an alveolate manner
Ancestry of “alveolately”, step by step
alveolately traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English alveolate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | alveolate | Having a structure containing honeycomb-like... |
| 2 | Latin | alveolātus | having cavities or channels |
| 3 | Latin | alveolus | small hollow or cavity; tray, trough, basin;... |
| 4 | Latin | -olus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming diminutives";... |
| 5 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 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 |