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Where does “гемоглобин” come from?

гемоглобин (Russian) comes from French hémoglobine, from French globule, from Latin globulus, 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.

Ancestry of “гемоглобин”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhémoglobinehemoglobin
2Frenchglobuleglobule; blood cell
3LatinglobulusDiminutive of globus; globule; button
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
5Proto-Italic-olos—
6Proto-Italic-elos—
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “гемоглобин”

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