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Where does “fenestrule” come from?

fenestrule (English) comes from Latin fenestrula, 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.

fenestrule (English): One of the openings in a fenestrated structure

Definitions

  1. One of the openings in a fenestrated structure

Ancestry of “fenestrule”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfenestrulaa small window; vocative singular of fenestrula;...
2Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
3Proto-Italic-olos—
4Proto-Italic-elos—
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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