Where does “agnelle” come from?
agnelle (Italian) comes from Italian agnella, from Latin agnella, from Latin agnellus, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
agnelle (Italian): plural of agnella
Definitions
- plural of agnella
Ancestry of “agnelle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | agnella | female equivalent of agnello |
| 2 | Latin | agnella | female lamb |
| 3 | Latin | agnellus | a little lamb, lambkin |
| 4 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |