Where does “glanduloso” come from?
glanduloso (Italian) comes from Late Latin glandulosus, from Latin glāndula, 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.
glanduloso (Italian): glandular, glandulous
Definitions
- glandular, glandulous
Ancestry of “glanduloso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | glandulosus | full of kernels; glandulous |
| 2 | Latin | glāndula | a little acorn |
| 3 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |