Where does “seau” come from?
seau (English) comes from French seau, from Old French seel, from Vulgar Latin sitellus, from Latin sitella, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
seau (English): a pottery pail
Definitions
- a pottery pail
Ancestry of “seau”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | seau | pail, bucket |
| 2 | Old French | seel | seal |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | sitellus | — |
| 4 | Latin | sitella | a voting urn |
| 5 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |