Where does “medullo” come from?

medullo (Neapolitan) comes from Vulgar Latin medullum, from Latin medulla, from Latin medius, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

medullo (Neapolitan): bone marrow

Definitions

  1. bone marrow

Ancestry of “medullo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinmedullummarrow
2Latinmedullamarrow; vocative singular of medulla; ablative...
3Latinmediusmiddle; half; moderate
4Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
5Old Latinstlocus—
6Proto-Italicstlokos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel- →Every word from Proto-Italic stlokos →Every word from Old Latin stlocus →