Where does “zorille” come from?
zorille (English) comes from French zorille, from Spanish zorrillo, from Spanish -illo, from Old Spanish -iello, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
zorille (English): Ictonyx striatus, a small, carnivorous, nocturnal...
Definitions
- Ictonyx striatus, a small, carnivorous, nocturnal...
Ancestry of “zorille”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | zorille | zorille |
| 2 | Spanish | zorrillo | skunk; A badly smelling person; Certain truck... |
| 3 | Spanish | -illo | Added to masculine nouns to denote a diminutive... |
| 4 | Old Spanish | -iello | A diminutive suffix |
| 5 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |