Where does “vanília” come from?
vanília (Hungarian) comes from Italian vaniglia, from Spanish vainilla, from Spanish -illa, from Old Spanish -iella, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
vanília (Hungarian): vanilla a flavoring derived from orchids of the genus
Definitions
- vanilla a flavoring derived from orchids of the genus
Ancestry of “vanília”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | vaniglia | vanilla |
| 2 | Spanish | vainilla | vanilla; vanilla sex; ladyfinger |
| 3 | Spanish | -illa | Added to feminine nouns to denote a diminutive... |
| 4 | Old Spanish | -iella | A diminutive suffix |
| 5 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 6 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |