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Where does “audiolibro” come from?

audiolibro (Italian) comes from Italian libro, from Italian dì, from Italian circolazione, from Latin circulatio, from Latin circulor, from Latin circulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

audiolibro (Italian): audiobook

Definitions

  1. audiobook

Ancestry of “audiolibro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlibrobook; phloem; foliage; omasum
2Italiandìday; daytime; second-person singular imperative...
3Italiancircolazione—
4Latincirculatiorevolution , circulation
5Latincirculorfirst-person singular present passive indicative...
6Latincirculuscircle; An orbit; A ring, hoop
7Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
8Proto-Italic-olos—
9Proto-Italic-elos—
10Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
11Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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