Where does “femèla” come from?

femèla (Franco-Provençal) comes from Latin femella, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

femèla (Franco-Provençal): female

Definitions

female

Ancestry of “femèla”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	femella	girl, young woman; vocative singular of femella;...
2	Latin	-lus	Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
3	Proto-Italic	-elos	Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
4	Proto-Indo-European	-e-lós	—
5	Proto-Indo-European	-lós	Forms agent nouns from verbal roots

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