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Where does “casella” come from?

casella (Italian) comes from Latin casella, from Latin casula, 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.

casella (Italian): box; square; pigeonhole

Definitions

  1. box; square; pigeonhole

Ancestry of “casella”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincasellahut, small cottage; small farm
2Latincasulahut, small cottage; rural property, small farm;...
3Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
4Proto-Italic-olos—
5Proto-Italic-elos—
6Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “casella”

  • casellista
  • incasellare
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