Where does “sitelo” come from?

sitelo (Ido) comes from Latin sitella, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

sitelo (Ido): pail, bucket

Definitions

  1. pail, bucket

Ancestry of “sitelo”, step by step

sitelo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin sitella

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsitellaa voting urn
2Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
3Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
4Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Esperanto sitelo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantositelobucket
2Latinsitulaa vessel used to hold water
3LatinsitulumMediaeval form of situla; accusative singular of...
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