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Where does “cupola” come from?

cupola (Italian) comes from Latin cupula, 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.

cupola (Italian): dome, vault; cupola

Definitions

  1. dome, vault; cupola

Ancestry of “cupola”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincupulaA small tub or cask
2Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
3Proto-Italic-olos—
4Proto-Italic-elos—
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “cupola”

  • cupola
  • cupolaed
  • cupolar
  • orthobicupola
  • bicupola
  • cúpula
  • cupolone
  • astrocupola
  • coupole
  • Kuppel
  • cúpula
  • koepel
  • koepeldak
  • uikoepel
  • hagymakupola
  • kupola
  • kupola
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →