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Lewis’s Elementary Latin Dictionary
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Latin · Etymology
From Old Latin * duenelos , diminutive of duenos ( “ good ” ) (whence bonus ( “ idem ” ) ).
Compare typologically Russian хоро́шенький ( xoróšenʹkij ) (diminutive of хоро́ший ( xoróšij ) ). Also compare приго́жий ( prigóžij ) (< * goditi , akin to го́дный ( gódnyj ) , cognate with English good ). See also Ancient Greek καλός ( kalós ) (means both beautiful and good ), and Mongolian сайхан ( saixan ) (akin to сайн ( sain ) ). Also note the first element of Greek όμορφος ( ómorfos ) (<< Ancient Greek εὖ ( eû ) + μορφή ( morphḗ ) ) (for the second see fōrmōsus ).
Maltese · Etymology
Eventually from Latin villus , vellus ( “ hair, fleece ” ) . Aquilina apparently seeks to derive it directly from this noun, comparing fellus ( “ chick ” ) , from Latin pullus . However, the word must then have passed from Latin through Berber into Arabic, which seems unlikely. Much more probably it is from the adjective villosus , whence French velours ( “ velvet ” ) . Compare also Italian velluto . The Maltese b- is probably due to adaptation of the un-Arabic v- , though there is an (unrelated?) Arabic بَلاس ( balās ) , بُلُس ( bulus , “ hair-cloth ” ) , which might have influenced the form.
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