Where does “Noitivella” come from?
Noitivella (Fala) comes from Fala vellu, from Old Portuguese vello, from Late Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
Noitivella (Fala): New Year's Eve
Definitions
- New Year's Eve
Ancestry of “Noitivella”, step by step
Noitivella traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Fala vellu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fala | vellu | old |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | vello | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | veclus | — |
| 4 | Latin | vetulus | old; little old, poor old; old man; little old... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |