Where does “jaculate” come from?
jaculate (English) comes from Latin iaculor, from Latin iaculum, from Latin iaculus, 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.
jaculate (English): To throw or cast, as a dart; to throw out; to...
Definitions
- To throw or cast, as a dart; to throw out; to...
Ancestry of “jaculate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | iaculor | I throw or hurl; I throw or fight with a javelin |
| 2 | Latin | iaculum | A dart, a javelin; A casting net, the weapon of a... |
| 3 | Latin | iaculus | that is thrown; a serpent that darts from a tree... |
| 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 |