Where does “matricule” come from?

matricule (French) comes from Latin mātrīcula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

matricule (French): list, register; serial number; first-person...

Definitions

  1. list, register; serial number; first-person...

Ancestry of “matricule”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmātrīculawritten list, register
2Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
3Proto-Italic-olos—
4Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “matricule”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ulus →Every word from Latin mātrīcula →