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Where does “agnellaio” come from?

agnellaio (Italian) comes from Italian agnello, from Latin agnellus, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

agnellaio (Italian): A butcher who sells lamb and/or mutton

Definitions

  1. A butcher who sells lamb and/or mutton

Ancestry of “agnellaio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianagnellolamb
2Latinagnellusa little lamb, lambkin
3Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
5Proto-Italic-olos—
6Proto-Italic-elos—
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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