Where does “seliu” come from?
seliu (Kapampangan) comes from Spanish selló, from Old Spanish sello, from Latin sigillum, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
seliu (Kapampangan): seal; sigil
Definitions
- seal; sigil
Ancestry of “seliu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | selló | seal, sigil |
| 2 | Old Spanish | sello | — |
| 3 | Latin | sigillum | figurine, statuette; seal |
| 4 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |