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Where does “navew” come from?

navew (English) comes from Old French naveau, from Latin napellus, from Latin -ellus, 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.

navew (English): A kind of small turnip, a variety of Brassica...

Definitions

  1. A kind of small turnip, a variety of Brassica...

Ancestry of “navew”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchnaveau—
2Latinnapellus—
3Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
5Proto-Italic-olos—
6Proto-Italic-elos—
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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