Where does “peciolus” come from?
peciolus (Late Latin) comes from Latin petiolus, from Latin pediciolus, from Latin pedīculus, from Latin pēdis, from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
Ancestry of “peciolus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | petiolus | a little foot; a fruit stalk; stem |
| 2 | Latin | pediciolus | — |
| 3 | Latin | pedīculus | A little foot |
| 4 | Latin | pēdis | louse |
| 5 | Latin | pēs | a foot, in its senses as |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |