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Where does “libro” come from?

libro (Italian) comes from Italian dì, from Italian circolazione, from Latin circulatio, from Latin circulor, from Latin circulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

libro (Italian): book; phloem; foliage; omasum

Definitions

  1. book; phloem; foliage; omasum

Ancestry of “libro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiandìday; daytime; second-person singular imperative...
2Italiancircolazione—
3Latincirculatiorevolution , circulation
4Latincirculorfirst-person singular present passive indicative...
5Latincirculuscircle; An orbit; A ring, hoop
6Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
7Proto-Italic-olos—
8Proto-Italic-elos—
9Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
10Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “libro”

  • libretto
  • librettistic
  • videolibro
  • libraio
  • allibrare
  • allibramento
  • cartolibreria
  • libresco
  • librettino
  • librettista
  • libretto
  • fotolibro
  • autolibro
  • libretti
  • libreria
  • audiolibro
  • либретто
  • Libretto
  • livreto
  • libretto
  • libar
  • librettist
  • libretto
  • librettist
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