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Where does “lanceolate” come from?

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

lanceolate (Latin): vocative masculine singular of lanceolātus

Definitions

  1. vocative masculine singular of lanceolātus

Ancestry of “lanceolate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlanceolatusarmed with a lance; having the form of a lance;...
2Latinlanceolasmall lance
3Latin-olusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming diminutives";...
4Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
5Proto-Italic-elos—
6Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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