Etymology Explorer › Norwegian Bokmål

Where does “oval” come from?

oval (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Latin ovālis, from Latin ōvum, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

oval (Norwegian Bokmål): oval; an oval

Definitions

  1. oval; an oval

Ancestry of “oval”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinovālis—
2Latinōvum—
3Latin-ātus—
4Proto-Italic-ātos—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—

Words derived from “oval”

  • ovalformet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →