Where does “lamelă” come from?
lamelă (Romanian) comes from French lamelle, from Latin lāmella, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
lamelă (Romanian): lamella
Definitions
- lamella
Ancestry of “lamelă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | lamelle | strip; thin plate, lamina, lamella; vertical... |
| 2 | Latin | lāmella | A small, thin plate of metal |
| 3 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |