Where does “semiovale” come from?

semiovale (Italian) comes from Italian ovale, from Medieval Latin ovalis, from Latin ōvum, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

semiovale (Italian): semi-oval

Definitions

  1. semi-oval

Ancestry of “semiovale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianovaleoval
2Medieval Latinovalis—
3Latinōvumegg
4Latin-ātused
5Proto-Italic-ātos—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Latin ōvum →