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Where does “ovale” come from?

ovale (Italian) comes from Medieval Latin ovalis, from Latin ōvum, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

ovale (Italian): oval

Definitions

  1. oval

Ancestry of “ovale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinovalis—
2Latinōvum—
3Latin-ātus—
4Proto-Italic-ātos—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—

Words derived from “ovale”

  • ovalizzare
  • ovalizzazione
  • semiovale
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →