Where does “spinulosus” come from?

spinulosus (Latin) comes from Latin spīnula, 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.

spinulosus (Latin): Having little thorns or spines

Definitions

  1. Having little thorns or spines

Ancestry of “spinulosus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspīnula
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 -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin spīnula
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