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Where does “Vanillepudding” come from?

Vanillepudding (German) comes from German Vanille, from French vanille, from Spanish vainilla, from Spanish -illa, from Old Spanish -iella, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Vanillepudding (German): custard, vanilla pudding

Definitions

  1. custard, vanilla pudding

Ancestry of “Vanillepudding”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVanillevanilla
2Frenchvanillevanilla
3Spanishvainillavanilla; vanilla sex; ladyfinger
4Spanish-illaAdded to feminine nouns to denote a diminutive...
5Old Spanish-iellaA diminutive suffix
6Latin-ellainflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative...
7Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
8Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
9Proto-Italic-olos—
10Proto-Italic-elos—
11Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
12Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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