Where does “lobulus” come from?

lobulus (English) comes from Latin lobulus, 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.

lobulus (English): A lobule; a small lobe or subdivision of a lobe

Definitions

  1. A lobule; a small lobe or subdivision of a lobe

Ancestry of “lobulus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlobulus
2Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
3Proto-Italic-olos
4Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin lobulus