Where does “radiolaria” come from?
radiolaria (English) comes from Translingual Radiolaria, from Latin radiolus, from Latin -olus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
radiolaria (English): The members of the taxonomic subclass Radiolaria;...
Definitions
- The members of the taxonomic subclass Radiolaria;...
Ancestry of “radiolaria”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Translingual | Radiolaria | — |
| 2 | Latin | radiolus | small, feeble sunbeam; kind of long olive; kind... |
| 3 | Latin | -olus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming diminutives";... |
| 4 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |