Where does “taller” come from?
taller (Spanish) comes from French atelier, from Latin assula, 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.
taller (Spanish): workshop; studio; repair shop, garage
Definitions
- workshop; studio; repair shop, garage
Ancestry of “taller”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | atelier | workshop |
| 2 | Latin | assula | splinter, shaving, chip, shiver; shingle |
| 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 |