Where does “lupellus” come from?

lupellus (Latin) comes from Latin lupulus, 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.

lupellus (Latin): wolf cub, wolfkin, wolfling, wolf whelp

Definitions

  1. wolf cub, wolfkin, wolfling, wolf whelp

Ancestry of “lupellus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlupulusa small wolf
2Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
3Proto-Italic-olos—
4Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ulus →Every word from Latin lupulus →
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