Where does “intermascellare” come from?
intermascellare (Italian) comes from Italian mascellare, from Italian mascella, from Latin maxilla, from Latin -illa, from Latin -illus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
intermascellare (Italian): intermaxillary
Ancestry of “intermascellare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | mascellare | maxillary, jaw; maxillary, jawbone |
| 2 | Italian | mascella | jaw |
| 3 | Latin | maxilla | jaw, jawbone, bone of the upper jaw; lower part... |
| 4 | Latin | -illa | inflection of -illus:
## nominative/vocative... |
| 5 | Latin | -illus | Used to form adjectives from nouns |
| 6 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |