Where does “atornillador” come from?

atornillador (Spanish) comes from Spanish atornillar, from Spanish tornillo, from Spanish -illo, from Old Spanish -iello, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

atornillador (Spanish): screwdriver electric

Definitions

  1. screwdriver electric

Ancestry of “atornillador”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishatornillarto screw
2Spanishtornilloscrew
3Spanish-illoAdded to masculine nouns to denote a diminutive...
4Old Spanish-ielloA diminutive suffix
5Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
6Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
7Proto-Italic-olos
8Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
9Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
10Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós
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