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Where does “volvelle” come from?

volvelle (English) comes from Medieval Latin volvellum, from Latin -ellum, from Latin -ellus, 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.

volvelle (English): A type of slide chart, a paper construction with...

Definitions

  1. A type of slide chart, a paper construction with...

Ancestry of “volvelle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinvolvellum—
2Latin-ellumnominative neuter singular of -ellus; accusative...
3Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
5Proto-Italic-olos—
6Proto-Italic-elos—
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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