Where does “fratellame” come from?

fratellame (Italian) comes from Italian fratello, from Latin frātellus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

fratellame (Italian): a group of brothers or people otherwise united in comradeship

Definitions

  1. a group of brothers or people otherwise united in comradeship

Ancestry of “fratellame”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfratellobrother, sibling; brother
2Latinfrātellusbrother
3Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
4Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -lus →Every word from Latin frātellus →