English
vitelline
Vitelline comes from Latin vitellīnus ‘deep yellow, like egg yolk’, from vitellus ‘a small calf’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wet- ‘year’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wet-‘year’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wetelos‘bull calf, yearling’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvitulus‘a bull calf’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvitellus‘a small calf’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvitellīnus‘deep yellow, like egg yolk’
- Englishtodayvitelline
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wet-‘year’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wetelos‘bull calf, yearling’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvitulus‘a bull calf’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvitellus‘a small calf’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvitellīnus‘deep yellow, like egg yolk’
- Englishtodayvitelline
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wet- ‘year’
veteran, veterinary, veterinarian, wether, bacha, inveterate, 16 more
through Latin vitulus ‘a bull calf’
through Latin vitellus ‘a small calf’
Today it means
adj Of, pertaining to, or resembling the yolk of an egg.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wet- / vitelline