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Where does “querulus” come from?

querulus (Latin) comes 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.

querulus (Latin): complaining, querulous; plaintive, murmuring,...

Definitions

  1. complaining, querulous; plaintive, murmuring,...

Ancestry of “querulus”, step by step

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

Words derived from “querulus”

  • querulous
  • querulously
  • querulousness
  • unquerulous
  • querulosus
  • querule
  • querulo
  • querelos
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