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Where does “fumarola” come from?

fumarola (Neapolitan) comes from Latin fūmāriolum, from Latin -olus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Ancestry of “fumarola”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfūmāriolum—
2Latin-olusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming diminutives";...
3Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
4Proto-Italic-elos—
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “fumarola”

  • fumarole
  • fumarolic
  • fumarola
  • fumarola
  • fumarola
  • fumaroli
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