Where does “pululație” come from?
pululație (Romanian) comes from English pullulation, from English pullulate, from Latin pullulātus, from Latin pullulō, from Latin pullulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
pululație (Romanian): pullulation
Definitions
- pullulation
Ancestry of “pululație”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pullulation | A teeming, swarming, or multiplying |
| 2 | English | pullulate | To multiply rapidly; To germinate; To teem; to be... |
| 3 | Latin | pullulātus | spread, having been spread |
| 4 | Latin | pullulō | to put forth, sprout out, come forth |
| 5 | Latin | pullulus | young; chick; sprout, twig |
| 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 |