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Where does “tubuloalveolar” come from?

tubuloalveolar (English) comes from English alveolar, from English alveolus, from Latin alveolus, from Latin -olus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

tubuloalveolar (English): Starting out as a branched tubular gland and...

Definitions

  1. Starting out as a branched tubular gland and...

Ancestry of “tubuloalveolar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishalveolarOf or relating to an alveolus; Relating to the...
2EnglishalveolusA small cavity or pit; An anatomical structure...
3Latinalveolussmall hollow or cavity; tray, trough, basin;...
4Latin-olusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming diminutives";...
5Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
6Proto-Italic-elos—
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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