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Where does “fumaroli” come from?

fumaroli (Finnish) comes from Italian fumarola, from Neapolitan fumarola, from Latin fūmāriolum, from Latin -olus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

fumaroli (Finnish): fumarole

Definitions

  1. fumarole

Ancestry of “fumaroli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfumarolafumarole; smoker
2Neapolitanfumarola—
3Latinfūmāriolum—
4Latin-olusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming diminutives";...
5Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
6Proto-Italic-elos—
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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