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Where does “querelos” come from?

querelos (Old French) comes from Latin querulōsus, from Latin querulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Ancestry of “querelos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquerulōsus—
2Latinqueruluscomplaining, querulous; plaintive, murmuring,...
3Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
4Proto-Italic-olos—
5Proto-Italic-elos—
6Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “querelos”

  • querulous
  • querulously
  • querulousness
  • unquerulous
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