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Where does “onduleusement” come from?

onduleusement (French) comes from French onduleux, from French onduler, from French ondulation, from Latin undula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

onduleusement (French): sinuously

Definitions

  1. sinuously

Ancestry of “onduleusement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchonduleuxundulating, sinuous; billowing
2Frenchondulerto wave
3Frenchondulationundulation
4Latinundulawavelet; vocative singular of undula; ablative...
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
6Proto-Italic-olos—
7Proto-Italic-elos—
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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