Where does “circumundulate” come from?
circumundulate (English) comes from English undulate, from Latin undulātus, from Latin undula, 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.
circumundulate (English): To flow around as waves or undulations
Definitions
- To flow around as waves or undulations
Ancestry of “circumundulate”, step by step
circumundulate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English undulate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | undulate | To cause to move in a wavelike motion; To cause... |
| 2 | Latin | undulātus | undulated, diversified as with waves, pleated |
| 3 | Latin | undula | wavelet; vocative singular of undula; ablative... |
| 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 English circum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | circum | — |