Where does “pullulate” come from?
pullulate (Italian) comes from Italian pullulare, from Latin pullulō, from Latin pullulus, 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.
pullulate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...
Definitions
- second-person plural present indicative of...
Ancestry of “pullulate”, step by step
pullulate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian pullulare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | pullulare | to teem of fish, swarm of insects |
| 2 | Latin | pullulō | to put forth, sprout out, come forth |
| 3 | Latin | pullulus | young; chick; sprout, twig |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Italian pullulato
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | pullulato | past participle of pullulare |