Where does “vanillatte” come from?
vanillatte (English) comes from English vanilla, from Spanish vainilla, from Spanish -illa, from Old Spanish -iella, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
vanillatte (English): A vanilla-flavoured latte
Definitions
- A vanilla-flavoured latte
Ancestry of “vanillatte”, step by step
vanillatte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English vanilla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vanilla | Any tropical, climbing orchid of the genus... |
| 2 | Spanish | vainilla | vanilla; vanilla sex; ladyfinger |
| 3 | Spanish | -illa | Added to feminine nouns to denote a diminutive... |
| 4 | Old Spanish | -iella | A diminutive suffix |
| 5 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 6 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English latte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | latte | A drink of coffee made from espresso and steamed... |
| 2 | Italian | caffellatte | coffee and hot milk, served separately in two... |
| 3 | Italian | latte | milk; plural of latta |
| 4 | Italian | -eria | Added to nouns to form other nouns meaning "place... |
| 5 | Spanish | -ería | Turns a noun into a store or restaurant that... |
| 6 | Latin | -āria | used to form feminine counterparts of masculine agent nouns in |
| 7 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |