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Where does “amarillecer” come from?

amarillecer (Spanish) comes from Spanish amarillo, from Old Spanish amariello, from Latin amārellus, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

amarillecer (Spanish): to become yellow

Definitions

  1. to become yellow

Ancestry of “amarillecer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishamarilloyellow or golden coloured; or; yellow
2Old Spanishamarielloyellow
3Latinamārellus—
4Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
6Proto-Italic-olos—
7Proto-Italic-elos—
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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