Where does “regulus” come from?

regulus (English) comes from Latin regulus, 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.

regulus (English): An impure metal formed beneath slag during the...

Definitions

  1. An impure metal formed beneath slag during the...

Ancestry of “regulus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinregulusA petty king, kinglet
2Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
3Proto-Italic-olos—
4Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ulus →Every word from Proto-Italic -elos →