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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.

semiovale (Italian): semi-oval

Definitions

  1. semi-oval

Ancestry of “semiovale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianovaleoval
2Medieval Latinovalis—
3Latinōvum—
4Latin-ātus—
5Proto-Italic-ātos—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →