Where does “ovale” come from?

ovale (French) comes from Medieval Latin ovalis, from Latin ōvum, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

ovale (French): oval

Definitions

  1. oval

Ancestry of “ovale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinovalis—
2Latinōvumegg
3Latin-ātused
4Proto-Italic-ātos—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

Words derived from “ovale”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Latin ōvum →
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