Where does “celular” come from?
celular (Romanian) comes from French cellulaire, from French cellule, from Latin cellula, 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.
celular (Romanian): cellphone
Definitions
- cellphone
Ancestry of “celular”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | cellulaire | cellular; cellular phone, mobile phone; Ellipsis... |
| 2 | French | cellule | cell; table cell |
| 3 | Latin | cellula | small room, especially that of a slave; humble... |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |