Where does “nasalis” come from?

nasalis (English) comes from Latin nāsālis, from Latin nāsus, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

nasalis (English): A muscle of the nose

Definitions

  1. A muscle of the nose

Ancestry of “nasalis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnāsālisnasal
2LatinnāsusThe nose
3Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →