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Where does “didacticiel” come from?

didacticiel (French) comes from French logiciel, from French -iel, from French -el, from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

didacticiel (French): courseware; tutorial in software

Definitions

  1. courseware; tutorial in software

Ancestry of “didacticiel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlogicielsoftware; computer program, piece of software
2French-ielSuffix used to form adjectives. Compare with...
3French-elTo make an adjectival form of a noun; -al
4Old French-elSuffix that usually denotes a masculine noun
5Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
6Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
7Proto-Italic-olos—
8Proto-Italic-elos—
9Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
10Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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