Where does “Ortolan” come from?

Ortolan (German) comes from Italian ortolano, from Latin hortulanus, from Latin hortulus, 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.

Ortolan (German): ortolan (Emberiza hortulana)

Definitions

  1. ortolan (Emberiza hortulana)

Ancestry of “Ortolan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianortolanogreengrocer; market gardener
2Latinhortulanusof or belonging to a garden, garden-; gardener
3Latinhortulusa small garden
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
5Proto-Italic-olos
6Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin hortulus