Where does “flotillin” come from?
flotillin (English) comes from English flotilla, from Spanish flotilla, from Spanish -illa, from Old Spanish -iella, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
flotillin (English): Any of a group of proteins responsible for...
Definitions
- Any of a group of proteins responsible for...
Ancestry of “flotillin”, step by step
flotillin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English flotilla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flotilla | A small fleet of warships (usually of the same class), or a fleet of small ships |
| 2 | Spanish | flotilla | fleet, flotilla |
| 3 | Spanish | -illa | Added to feminine nouns to denote a diminutive... |
| 4 | Old Spanish | -iella | A diminutive suffix |
| 5 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 6 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |