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Where does “querulosus” come from?

querulosus (Latin) comes from Latin querulus, 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.

Ancestry of “querulosus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinqueruluscomplaining, querulous; plaintive, murmuring,...
2Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
3Proto-Italic-olos—
4Proto-Italic-elos—
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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