Where does “estela” come from?
estela (Galician) comes from Latin astella, from Latin astla, from Latin assula, 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.
estela (Galician): splinter; billet, sliver; lath
Definitions
- splinter; billet, sliver; lath
Ancestry of “estela”, step by step
estela traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin astella
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | astella | little splinter |
| 2 | Latin | astla | — |
| 3 | Latin | assula | splinter, shaving, chip, shiver; shingle |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 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 |