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Where does “desceller” come from?

desceller (French) comes from French sceller, from Middle French sceller, from Old French seeler, from Vulgar Latin sigellare, from Latin sigillāre, from Latin sigillum, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

desceller (French): to break the seal of, unseal; to free, pull free;...

Definitions

  1. to break the seal of, unseal; to free, pull free;...

Ancestry of “desceller”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchscellerto seal; to seal, guarantee; to mortar
2Middle Frenchscellerto seal
3Old Frenchseelerto seal
4Vulgar Latinsigellare—
5Latinsigillāre—
6Latinsigillumfigurine, statuette; seal
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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