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Where does “fijola” come from?

fijola (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian Viola, from Italian -one, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

fijola (Serbo-Croatian): violet

Definitions

  1. violet

Ancestry of “fijola”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianViola—
2Italian-oneAlterative suffix used to form augmentatives;...
3Latin-ō—
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →