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
- A type of slide chart, a paper construction with...
Ancestry of “volvelle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Medieval Latin | volvellum | — |
| 2 | Latin | -ellum | nominative neuter singular of -ellus; accusative... |
| 3 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |