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Where does “ruelle” come from?

ruelle (English) comes from French ruelle, from French -elle, from Old French -ele, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

ruelle (English): The space between the bed and the wall; A...

Definitions

  1. The space between the bed and the wall; A...

Ancestry of “ruelle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchruellelane, alley, laneway, alleyway; ruelle
2French-elleForming feminine nouns, often with a diminutive...
3Old French-elediminutive suffix, forming feminine nouns
4Latin-ellainflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative...
5Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
6Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
7Proto-Italic-olos—
8Proto-Italic-elos—
9Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
10Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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