Where does “-ole” come from?

-ole (French) comes 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.

-ole (French): added to a noun to form a diminutive, or a...

Definitions

  1. added to a noun to form a diminutive, or a...

Ancestry of “-ole”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-olusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming diminutives";...
2Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
3Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
4Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “-ole”

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