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Where does “taxellus” come from?

taxellus (Late Latin) comes from Latin taxillus, from Latin -illus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Ancestry of “taxellus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintaxillussmall cube
2Latin-illusUsed to form adjectives from nouns
3Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
4Proto-Italic-elos—
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “taxellus”

  • tassel
  • tasselled
  • tasseled
  • tasseling
  • detassel
  • betasseled
  • untasselled
  • untasseled
  • betassel
  • pretassel
  • tasselseed
  • tasseau
  • tassel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →