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Where does “albellus” come from?

albellus (Latin) comes from Latin albulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

albellus (Latin): white

Definitions

  1. white

Ancestry of “albellus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinalbuluswhitish
2Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
3Proto-Italic-olos—
4Proto-Italic-elos—
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “albellus”

  • abel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →