Where does “pulular” come from?
pulular (Portuguese) comes from Latin pullulō, from Latin pullulus, 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.
pulular (Portuguese): to be swarming or teeming with something
Definitions
- to be swarming or teeming with something
Ancestry of “pulular”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | pullulō | to put forth, sprout out, come forth |
| 2 | Latin | pullulus | young; chick; sprout, twig |
| 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 |