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Where does “perivitelline” come from?

perivitelline (English) comes from English vitelline, from Latin vitellinus, from Latin vitellus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

perivitelline (English): Situated around the vitellus

Definitions

  1. Situated around the vitellus

Ancestry of “perivitelline”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvitellineOf, pertaining to, or resembling the yolk of an...
2Latinvitellinusdeep yellow, like egg yolk
3Latinvitellusa small calf; the yolk of an egg
4Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
5Proto-Italic-elos—
6Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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