Where does “ovocylindrical” come from?

ovocylindrical (English) comes from English ovo-, from Latin ōvum, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

ovocylindrical (English): cylindrical but with an oval rather than circular cross section

Definitions

  1. cylindrical but with an oval rather than circular cross section

Ancestry of “ovocylindrical”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishovo-egg; ovum
2Latinōvumegg
3Latin-ātused
4Proto-Italic-ātos—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Latin ōvum →
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