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Where does “burel” come from?

burel (Middle French) comes from Old French burel, from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus, 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 “burel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchburelfrieze; a garment made out of frieze
2Old French-elSuffix that usually denotes a masculine noun
3Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
5Proto-Italic-olos—
6Proto-Italic-elos—
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “burel”

  • bureaucracy
  • bureaucratic
  • bureau
  • bureaucrat
  • bureaux
  • bureaucratization
  • bureaucratically
  • bureaucratism
  • antibureaucratic
  • bureaucratese
  • nonbureaucratic
  • buro
  • bureaucratize
  • unbureaucratic
  • debureaucratization
  • technobureaucratic
  • bureaucratical
  • antibureaucracy
  • unbureaucratically
  • technobureaucracy
  • debureaucratize
  • antibureaucrat
  • subbureau
  • bureaucratist
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