Where does “selo” come from?

selo (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese seello, from Latin sigillum, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

selo (Portuguese): seal; stamp

Definitions

  1. seal; stamp

Ancestry of “selo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseseello
2Latinsigillumfigurine, statuette; seal
3Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
4Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “selo

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -lusEvery word from Latin sigillum
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