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Where does “sacel” come from?

sacel (Old French) comes from Romanian sătucel, from Romanian -el, from Latin -ellus, 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.

sacel (Old French): sack

Definitions

  1. sack

Ancestry of “sacel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniansătucel—
2Romanian-elused to form a masculine diminutive of a word...
3Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
5Proto-Italic-olos—
6Proto-Italic-elos—
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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