Where does “oval” come from?

oval (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Latin ovālis, from Latin ōvum, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

oval (Norwegian Nynorsk): oval; an oval

Definitions

  1. oval; an oval

Ancestry of “oval”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinovālisegg- (relational)
2Latinōvumegg
3Latin-ātused
4Proto-Italic-ātos—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Latin ōvum →
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