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Where does “avoilu-” come from?

avoilu- (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin aviolus, from Latin -olus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Ancestry of “avoilu-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaviolusgrandfather
2Latin-olusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming diminutives";...
3Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
4Proto-Italic-elos—
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “avoilu-”

  • avô maternal
  • trisavô
  • vovô
  • avô paternal
  • tio-avô
  • bisavô
  • avô
  • avó
  • avoo
  • afo
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