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Where does “ondulatore” come from?

ondulatore (Italian) comes from Italian ondulare, from Latin undula, 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.

ondulatore (Italian): undulator; alternator

Definitions

  1. undulator; alternator

Ancestry of “ondulatore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianondulareto wave; to oscillate; to undulate
2Latinundulawavelet; vocative singular of undula; ablative...
3Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
4Proto-Italic-olos—
5Proto-Italic-elos—
6Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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