Where does “oval” come from?

oval (Romanian) comes from French ovale, from Medieval Latin ovalis, from Latin ōvum, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

oval (Romanian): oval

Definitions

  1. oval

Ancestry of “oval”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchovaleoval
2Medieval Latinovalis—
3Latinōvumegg
4Latin-ātused
5Proto-Italic-ātos—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

Words derived from “oval”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Latin ōvum →