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Where does “chenillette” come from?

chenillette (French) comes from French chenille, from Latin canīcula, from Latin Canis, from Ancient Greek δρόμος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

chenillette (French): tankette; a tracked sidewalk tractor, especially...

Definitions

  1. tankette; a tracked sidewalk tractor, especially...

Ancestry of “chenillette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchenillecaterpillar; chenille; caterpillar track, snow...
2Latincanīcula—
3LatinCanis—
4Ancient Greekδρόμοςrace, running; racetrack; course, path
5Ancient Greek-ός—
6Proto-Hellenic*-os—
7Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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