Where does “delușor” come from?
delușor (Romanian) comes from Romanian ușor, from Latin ostiolum, from Latin -olus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
delușor (Romanian): little hill; hillock; knoll
Definitions
- little hill; hillock; knoll
Ancestry of “delușor”, step by step
delușor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian ușor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | ușor | light; easy; easily |
| 2 | Latin | ostiolum | small door |
| 3 | Latin | -olus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming diminutives";... |
| 4 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 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 |