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Where does “codicille” come from?

codicille (French) comes from German Kodizill, from Italian codicillo, from Spanish codicilo, from Portuguese codicilo, from Latin cōdicillus, from Latin -illus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

codicille (French): codicil

Definitions

  1. codicil

Ancestry of “codicille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKodizill—
2Italiancodicillocodicil
3Spanishcodicilocodicil
4Portuguesecodicilocodicil
5Latincōdicillus—
6Latin-illusUsed to form adjectives from nouns
7Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
8Proto-Italic-elos—
9Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
10Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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