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
- A Eurasian rose, Rosa eglanteria, having prickly...
Ancestry of “eglantine”, step by step
eglantine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French églantine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | églantine | eglantine, dog rose |
| 2 | Latin | aculeus | sting, stinger; spine, thorn |
| 3 | Latin | -uleus | suffix forming masculine diminutives |
| 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 Middle English eglentyn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | eglentyn | — |