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Where does “lobular” come from?

Lobular comes from English lobe plus the Latin diminutive suffix -ulus, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European -lós, a formative element for creating agent nouns and adjectives.

lobular (English): Of or relating to a lobule

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to a lobule

Ancestry of “lobular”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishār—
2Middle EnglisharAlternative form of here
3Middle EnglisherAlternative form of hire; Alternative form of...
4Old Englishǣrere, before
5Old Englishdēaþdeath
6Old Englishwīcdwelling place, abode; abode, dwelling-place;...
7Germanwitz—
8Middle High Germanwitz—
9Old High Germanwizzi—
10Proto-West Germanicwītīpunishment
11Proto-Germanicwitjąknowledge; reason; sense; understanding; wit
12Proto-Germanic*witaną—
13Proto-Indo-Europeanwóydeto have seen, to know
14Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “lobular”

  • interlobular
  • intralobular
  • multilobular
  • perilobular
  • sublobular
  • extralobular
  • bilobular
  • pseudolobular
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