Where does “scabelle” come from?
scabelle (Norman) comes from Latin scabellum, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
scabelle (Norman): stool
Ancestry of “scabelle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | scabellum | footstool; a kind of percussion instrument played... |
| 2 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |