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Where does “fundulus” come from?

fundulus (Latin) comes 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.

fundulus (Latin): A kind of sausage; A kind of piston

Definitions

  1. A kind of sausage; A kind of piston

Ancestry of “fundulus”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fundulus”

  • Fundulus
  • Fundulus
  • Fundulidae
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