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Where does “-elos” come from?

-elos (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Ancestry of “-elos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
2Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “-elos”

  • control
  • role
  • rule
  • regular
  • circle
  • regulation
  • formula
  • regularly
  • roll
  • schedule
  • railway
  • rolling
  • circulation
  • railroad
  • chart
  • ruling
  • calculation
  • circular
  • calculate
  • rail
  • ruler
  • irregular
  • regulate
  • ridiculous
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