Where does “vitelo” come from?

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

vitelo (Ido): yolk (of an egg), vitellus

Definitions

  1. yolk (of an egg), vitellus

Ancestry of “vitelo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvitellusa small calf; the yolk of an egg
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →