Where does “spinula” come from?

spinula (English) comes from Latin spīnula, 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.

spinula (English): Alternative form of spinule

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of spinule

Ancestry of “spinula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspīnula—
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 Latin spīnula →