Where does “glaebula” come from?

glaebula (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.

glaebula (Latin): a small clod, a little lump (usually of soil)

Definitions

  1. a small clod, a little lump (usually of soil)

Ancestry of “glaebula”, step by step

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