Where does “libellula” come from?

libellula (Latin) comes from Latin libella, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

libellula (Latin): dragonfly

Definitions

  1. dragonfly

Ancestry of “libellula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinlibellaAn as; level
2Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
3Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
4Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “libellula”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -lus →Every word from Latin libella →
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