Where does “ondulação” come from?
ondulação (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese ondular, from Latin undula, 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.
ondulação (Portuguese): undulation; ripple
Definitions
- undulation; ripple
Ancestry of “ondulação”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | ondular | to undulate, ripple, wave |
| 2 | Latin | undula | wavelet; vocative singular of undula; ablative... |
| 3 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |