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Where does “patulous” come from?

patulous (English) comes from Latin patulus, 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.

patulous (English): open; spread; exposed

Definitions

  1. open; spread; exposed

Ancestry of “patulous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpatulusopen, wide open, gaping; spread out, extended;...
2Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
3Proto-Italic-olos—
4Proto-Italic-elos—
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “patulous”

  • patulousness
  • patulously
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