Where does “gemellaggio” come from?

gemellaggio (Italian) comes from Italian gemello, from Latin gemellus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

gemellaggio (Italian): town twinning

Definitions

  1. town twinning

Ancestry of “gemellaggio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiangemellotwin; gemellus; cufflinks
2Latingemellustwin
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 gemellus →