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Where does “escuele” come from?

escuele (Old French) comes from Latin scutella, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

escuele (Old French): bowl; dish

Definitions

  1. bowl; dish

Ancestry of “escuele”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscutellaa small or shallow bowl, basin or dish; a small...
2Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
3Proto-Italic-elos—
4Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “escuele”

  • scullery
  • écuelle
  • écuelle
  • escuelerie
  • squillerie
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