Where does “alveolatura” come from?
alveolatura (Italian) comes from Italian alveolare, from Italian alveolo, from Latin alveolus, from Latin -olus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
alveolatura (Italian): alveolation
Ancestry of “alveolatura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | alveolare | alveolar, alveolate; alveolar; An alveolar speech... |
| 2 | Italian | alveolo | alveolus |
| 3 | Latin | alveolus | small hollow or cavity; tray, trough, basin;... |
| 4 | Latin | -olus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming diminutives";... |
| 5 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |