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Where does “chapiteau” come from?

chapiteau (French) comes from Old French chapitel, from Latin capitellum, 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.

chapiteau (French): a circus tent, or any similar set-up used for...

Definitions

  1. a circus tent, or any similar set-up used for...

Ancestry of “chapiteau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchchapitel—
2Latincapitellumsmall head; capital or chapiter of a column
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 “chapiteau”

  • šapitó
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