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Where does “bulbil” come from?

bulbil (English) comes from Spanish bulbillo, from Spanish -illo, from Old Spanish -iello, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

bulbil (English): A bulb-shaped bud in the place of a flower or in...

Definitions

  1. A bulb-shaped bud in the place of a flower or in...

Ancestry of “bulbil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbulbillobulbil
2Spanish-illoAdded to masculine nouns to denote a diminutive...
3Old Spanish-ielloA diminutive suffix
4Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
6Proto-Italic-olos—
7Proto-Italic-elos—
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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