Where does “pullulation” come from?
pullulation (English) comes from English pullulate, from Latin pullulātus, from Latin pullulō, from Latin pullulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
pullulation (English): A teeming, swarming, or multiplying
Definitions
- A teeming, swarming, or multiplying
Ancestry of “pullulation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pullulate | To multiply rapidly; To germinate; To teem; to be... |
| 2 | Latin | pullulātus | spread, having been spread |
| 3 | Latin | pullulō | to put forth, sprout out, come forth |
| 4 | Latin | pullulus | young; chick; sprout, twig |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |