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Where does “nebulos” come from?

nebulos (Romanian) comes from French nébuleux, from Latin nebulōsus, from Latin nebula, from Proto-Italic neβelā, from Proto-Indo-European nébʰos, from Proto-Indo-European -os — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

nebulos (Romanian): nebulous, hazy, vaporous, cloudy, cloudlike,...

Definitions

  1. nebulous, hazy, vaporous, cloudy, cloudlike,...

Ancestry of “nebulos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnébuleuxnebulous
2Latinnebulōsus—
3Latinnebulafog; cloud; vapor
4Proto-Italicneβelā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeannébʰoscloud; mist, moisture
6Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
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