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Where does “pulluler” come from?

pulluler (French) comes from Latin pullulō, from Latin pullulus, 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.

pulluler (French): to teem; to swarm

Definitions

  1. to teem; to swarm

Ancestry of “pulluler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpullulō—
2Latinpullulusyoung; chick; sprout, twig
3Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
4Proto-Italic-olos—
5Proto-Italic-elos—
6Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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