Where does “anispastilli” come from?
anispastilli (Finnish) comes from Finnish pastilli, from French pastille, from Spanish pastilla, from Latin pastellus, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
anispastilli (Finnish): anise lozenge
Definitions
- anise lozenge
Ancestry of “anispastilli”, step by step
anispastilli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pastilli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pastilli | pastille; lozenge |
| 2 | French | pastille | small roll of dough containing fragrant... |
| 3 | Spanish | pastilla | pill; cake; bar |
| 4 | Latin | pastellus | a seal made of wax |
| 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 |