Where does “pescăruș” come from?
pescăruș (Romanian) comes from Romanian -uș, from Latin -olus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
pescăruș (Romanian): gull , seagull
Ancestry of “pescăruș”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | -uș | diminutive suffix |
| 2 | Latin | -olus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming diminutives";... |
| 3 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |