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Where does “öxelétto” come from?

öxelétto (Ligurian) comes from Ligurian -étto, from Latin -ittum, from Latin -ittus, from Proto-Italic -tos, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

öxelétto (Ligurian): Diminutive of öxéllo; small bird

Definitions

  1. Diminutive of öxéllo; small bird

Ancestry of “öxelétto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ligurian-éttoUsed to form diminutives of nouns
2Latin-ittum—
3Latin-ittusdiminutive suffix, used to create nouns
4Proto-Italic-tosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →