Where does “archichapelain” come from?
archichapelain (French) comes from French chapelain, from Old French chapelain, from Latin cappellānus, from Latin cappella, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
archichapelain (French): archchaplain
Definitions
- archchaplain
Ancestry of “archichapelain”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | chapelain | chaplain; relating to any of several places in... |
| 2 | Old French | chapelain | chaplain |
| 3 | Latin | cappellānus | chaplain |
| 4 | Latin | cappella | chapel; choir |
| 5 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 6 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |