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Where does “ruelle” come from?

ruelle (French) comes from French -elle, from Old French -ele, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

ruelle (French): lane, alley, laneway, alleyway; ruelle

Definitions

  1. lane, alley, laneway, alleyway; ruelle

Ancestry of “ruelle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-elleForming feminine nouns, often with a diminutive...
2Old French-elediminutive suffix, forming feminine nouns
3Latin-ellainflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative...
4Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
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

Words derived from “ruelle”

  • ruelle
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