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Where does “lemelle” come from?

lemelle (French) comes from Latin lamella, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Ancestry of “lemelle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinlamellaA small, thin plate of metal
2Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
3Proto-Italic-elos—
4Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “lemelle”

  • omelette
  • omurice
  • omelette
  • омлет
  • omelette
  • alemette
  • alemelle
  • Omelett
  • omelete
  • omelette
  • 奄列
  • オムレツ
  • オムライス
  • omelet
  • omlet
  • омлет
  • omlet
  • omelet
  • 오믈렛
  • омлет
  • omlet
  • omletă
  • אָמלעט
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