Where does “óvulo” come from?

óvulo (Portuguese) comes from Latin ovulum, 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.

óvulo (Portuguese): ovum; egg cell

Definitions

  1. ovum; egg cell

Ancestry of “óvulo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinovulum—
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 →