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Where does “eiaculor” come from?

eiaculor (Latin) comes from Latin iaculor, from Latin iaculum, from Latin iaculus, 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.

Ancestry of “eiaculor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatiniaculorI throw or hurl; I throw or fight with a javelin
2LatiniaculumA dart, a javelin; A casting net, the weapon of a...
3Latiniaculusthat is thrown; a serpent that darts from a tree...
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
5Proto-Italic-olos—
6Proto-Italic-elos—
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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