Where does “orbiculate” come from?
orbiculate (Latin) comes from Latin orbiculatus, from Latin orbiculus, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos.
orbiculate (Latin): vocative masculine singular of orbiculātus
Definitions
- vocative masculine singular of orbiculātus
Ancestry of “orbiculate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | orbiculatus | rounded, circular, orbiculate |
| 2 | Latin | orbiculus | small disk |
| 3 | Latin | -culus | Alternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-kelos | — |