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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

  1. Any of a group of proteins responsible for...

Ancestry of “flotillin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishflotillaA small fleet of warships , or a fleet of small...
2Spanishflotillafleet, flotilla
3Spanish-illaAdded to feminine nouns to denote a diminutive...
4Old Spanish-iellaA diminutive suffix
5Latin-ellainflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative...
6Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
7Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
8Proto-Italic-olos—
9Proto-Italic-elos—
10Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
11Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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