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Where does “trole” come from?

trole (Spanish) comes from English trolley, from English -ey, from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

trole (Spanish): trolley bus

Definitions

  1. trolley bus

Ancestry of “trole”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtrolleyA cart or shopping cart; a shopping trolley; A...
2English-eyAlternative form of -y; Alternative form of -ie
3English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
4Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
5Old English-iġ-y, -ic
6Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
7Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
8Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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