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Where does “ovality” come from?

ovality (English) comes from English Oval, from Late Latin ovalis, from Latin ōvum, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

ovality (English): a measurement of deviation from circularity of an...

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  1. a measurement of deviation from circularity of an...

Ancestry of “ovality”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishOval—
2Late LatinovalisOf or pertaining to an ovation
3Latinōvum—
4Latin-ātus—
5Proto-Italic-ātos—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →