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Where does “cellulare” come from?

cellulare (Italian) comes from Italian cellula, from Latin cellula, 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.

cellulare (Italian): cellular; cellular phone, cell phone, cellular;...

Definitions

  1. cellular; cellular phone, cell phone, cellular;...

Ancestry of “cellulare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancellulacell
2Latincellulasmall room, especially that of a slave; humble...
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 “cellulare”

  • endocellulare
  • subcellulare
  • pluricellulare
  • videocellulare
  • intracellulare
  • ultracellulare
  • unicellulare
  • multicellulare
  • acellulare
  • monocellulare
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →