Where does “botellus” come from?

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

botellus (Latin): a small sausage

Definitions

  1. a small sausage

Ancestry of “botellus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
2Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
3Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
4Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “botellus

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós
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