Where does “apicoalvéolaire” come from?
apicoalvéolaire (French) comes from French alvéolaire, from French alvéole, from Latin alveolus, 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.
apicoalvéolaire (French): apicoalveolar
Definitions
- apicoalveolar
Ancestry of “apicoalvéolaire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | alvéolaire | alveolar |
| 2 | French | alvéole | alveolus |
| 3 | Latin | alveolus | small hollow or cavity; tray, trough, basin;... |
| 4 | Latin | -olus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming diminutives";... |
| 5 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |