Where does “crudele” come from?
crudele (Latin) comes from Latin -e, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
crudele (Latin): cruelly; nominative neuter singular of crūdēlis;...
Definitions
- cruelly; nominative neuter singular of crūdēlis;...
Ancestry of “crudele”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | -e | -ly; vocative masculine singular of -us |
| 2 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 3 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |