Where does “hideola” come from?
hideola (English) comes from English ola, from Spanish ola, from Latin undula, 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.
hideola (English): Hideous, ugly
Definitions
- Hideous, ugly
Ancestry of “hideola”, step by step
hideola traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ola
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ola | Alternative form of olay |
| 2 | Spanish | ola | wave; sudden appearance of a large amount of... |
| 3 | Latin | undula | wavelet; vocative singular of undula; ablative... |
| 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 |