Where does “sceller” come from?
sceller (French) comes from Middle French sceller, from Old French seeler, from Vulgar Latin sigellare, from Latin sigillāre, from Latin sigillum, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
sceller (French): to seal; to seal, guarantee; to mortar
Definitions
- to seal; to seal, guarantee; to mortar
Ancestry of “sceller”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | sceller | to seal |
| 2 | Old French | seeler | to seal |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | sigellare | — |
| 4 | Latin | sigillāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | sigillum | figurine, statuette; seal |
| 6 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |