Where does “lenticellately” come from?
lenticellately (English) comes from English lenticellate, from English lenticel, from New Latin lenticella, from Latin lenticula, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
lenticellately (English): In a lenticellate manner
Definitions
- In a lenticellate manner
Ancestry of “lenticellately”, step by step
lenticellately traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lenticellate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lenticellate | Producing lenticels; dotted with lenticels |
| 2 | English | lenticel | One of the small, oval, rounded spots upon the... |
| 3 | New Latin | lenticella | — |
| 4 | Latin | lenticula | lentil |
| 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 |