Where does “vitellin” come from?

vitellin (English) comes from English vitell-, from Latin vitellus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

vitellin (English): A protein found in egg yolk

Definitions

  1. A protein found in egg yolk

Ancestry of “vitellin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishvitell-—
2Latinvitellusa small calf; the yolk of an egg
3Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
4Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “vitellin”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -lus →Every word from Latin vitellus →