Where does “papillite” come from?

papillite (Italian) comes from Italian papilla, from Latin papilla, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

papillite (Italian): papillitis

Definitions

  1. papillitis

Ancestry of “papillite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpapillapapilla
2Latinpapillanipple, teat, breast, papilla
3Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
4Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -lus →Every word from Latin papilla →