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Where does “buccularius” come from?

buccularius (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin buccula, 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.

buccularius (Vulgar Latin): bossed

Definitions

  1. bossed

Ancestry of “buccularius”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbucculalittle cheek or mouth; the beaver, part of a...
2Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
3Proto-Italic-olos—
4Proto-Italic-elos—
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “buccularius”

  • buckler
  • swashbuckler
  • swashbuckle
  • rushbuckler
  • bukler
  • bokeleer
  • bokler
  • bokeler
  • bocler
  • boucler
  • bucler
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