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Where does “kulteleto” come from?

kulteleto (Ido) comes from Ido kultelo, from Spanish cuchillo, from Old Spanish cuchiello, from Latin cultellus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

kulteleto (Ido): Diminutive of kultelo; small knife, pocketknife

Definitions

  1. Diminutive of kultelo; small knife, pocketknife

Ancestry of “kulteleto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idokulteloknife
2Spanishcuchilloknife; blade of knife
3Old Spanishcuchielloknife
4Latincultellussmall knife; dagger
5Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
6Proto-Italic-elos—
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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