Where does “semitubular” come from?
semitubular (English) comes from English tubular, from Latin tubulus, 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.
semitubular (English): Shaped like half of a tube divided longitudinally
Definitions
- Shaped like half of a tube divided longitudinally
Ancestry of “semitubular”, step by step
semitubular traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tubular
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tubular | Shaped like a tube; Relating to, or composed of... |
| 2 | Latin | tubulus | small pipe or tube |
| 3 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |