Where does “apirolar” come from?
apirolar (Galician) comes from Galician pirola, from Galician pixola, from Galician -ola, from Latin -olus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
apirolar (Galician): to become distracted, absent-minded
Definitions
- to become distracted, absent-minded
Ancestry of “apirolar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | pirola | dick, cock |
| 2 | Galician | pixola | — |
| 3 | Galician | -ola | indicates either a diminutive or sometimes a pejorative derived form |
| 4 | Latin | -olus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming diminutives";... |
| 5 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |