Where does “jáculo” come from?
jáculo (Spanish) comes from Latin iaculum, from Latin iaculus, 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.
jáculo (Spanish): a dart; a short, thin lance
Definitions
- a dart; a short, thin lance
Ancestry of “jáculo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | iaculum | A dart, a javelin; A casting net, the weapon of a... |
| 2 | Latin | iaculus | that is thrown; a serpent that darts from a tree... |
| 3 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |