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Where does “spinla” come from?

spinla (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin spīnula, 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.

Ancestry of “spinla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspīnula—
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 “spinla”

  • spillare
  • spillo
  • spilla
  • spille
  • spillatrice
  • spillatura
  • szpilka
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