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Where does “portello” come from?

portello (Italian) comes from Italian -ello, from Latin -ellus, 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.

portello (Italian): door; hatch

Definitions

  1. door; hatch

Ancestry of “portello”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-elloAlterative suffix used to form...
2Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
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

Words derived from “portello”

  • sportello
  • sportellista
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