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Where does “globulo” come from?

globulo (Italian) comes from Latin globulus, 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.

globulo (Italian): globule; blood cell, corpuscle

Definitions

  1. globule; blood cell, corpuscle

Ancestry of “globulo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinglobulusDiminutive of globus; globule; button
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 “globulo”

  • globuloso
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