Where does “mișelește” come from?

mișelește (Romanian) comes from Romanian mișel, from Latin misellus, from Latin -ellus, 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.

mișelește (Romanian): foully

Definitions

  1. foully

Ancestry of “mișelește”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmișelcowardly, sneaking; knavish, dastardly, rascally;...
2Latinmiselluspoor, wretched
3Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
5Proto-Italic-olos
6Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin -ellus
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