Where does “zorilla” come from?
zorilla (English) comes from English zorille, from French zorille, from Spanish zorrillo, from Spanish -illo, from Old Spanish -iello, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
zorilla (English): Alternative spelling of zorille
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of zorille
Ancestry of “zorilla”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | zorille | Ictonyx striatus, a small, carnivorous, nocturnal... |
| 2 | French | zorille | zorille |
| 3 | Spanish | zorrillo | skunk; A badly smelling person; Certain truck... |
| 4 | Spanish | -illo | Added to masculine nouns to denote a diminutive... |
| 5 | Old Spanish | -iello | A diminutive suffix |
| 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 |