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Where does “eglantine” come from?

eglantine (English) comes from French églantine, from Latin aculeus, from Latin -uleus, 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.

eglantine (English): A Eurasian rose, Rosa eglanteria, having prickly...

Definitions

  1. A Eurasian rose, Rosa eglanteria, having prickly...

Ancestry of “eglantine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchéglantineeglantine, dog rose
2Latinaculeussting, stinger; spine, thorn
3Latin-uleussuffix forming masculine diminutives
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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