Where does “lenticelat” come from?
lenticelat (Romanian) comes from French lenticelle, from New Latin lenticella, from Latin lenticula, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
lenticelat (Romanian): lenticellate
Definitions
- lenticellate
Ancestry of “lenticelat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | lenticelle | lenticel |
| 2 | New Latin | lenticella | — |
| 3 | Latin | lenticula | lentil |
| 4 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 5 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |