Where does “lamellitalo” come from?
lamellitalo (Finnish) comes from Finnish lamelli, from Latin lāmella, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
lamellitalo (Finnish): building that consists of a number of connected, similar units, the units being built around a single flight of stairs
Definitions
- building that consists of a number of connected, similar units, the units being built around a single flight of stairs
Ancestry of “lamellitalo”, step by step
lamellitalo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lamelli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lamelli | lamella |
| 2 | Latin | lāmella | A small, thin plate of metal |
| 3 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |