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Where does “-iel” come from?

-iel (French) comes from French -el, from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

-iel (French): Suffix used to form adjectives. Compare with...

Definitions

  1. Suffix used to form adjectives. Compare with...

Ancestry of “-iel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-elTo make an adjectival form of a noun; -al
2Old French-elSuffix that usually denotes a masculine noun
3Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
5Proto-Italic-olos—
6Proto-Italic-elos—
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “-iel”

  • industrial
  • industrialism
  • industrially
  • industrialist
  • postindustrial
  • preindustrial
  • industrialize
  • nonindustrial
  • agroindustrial
  • industrialise
  • protoindustrial
  • technoindustrial
  • industrializer
  • deindustrialize
  • antiindustrial
  • reindustrialize
  • industrialiser
  • proindustrial
  • nonindustrially
  • preindustrially
  • reindustrialise
  • deindustrialise
  • microindustrial
  • industrializable
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