Where does “puellus” come from?

puellus (Latin) comes from Latin puerulus, 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.

puellus (Latin): a young boy, a little boy; catamite

Definitions

  1. a young boy, a little boy; catamite

Ancestry of “puellus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpueruluslittle boy; little slave
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

Words derived from “puellus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ulus →Every word from Latin puerulus →