Where does “clementiner” come from?
clementiner (Catalan) comes from Catalan clementina, from French Clémentine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.
clementiner (Catalan): clementine tree
Definitions
- clementine tree
Ancestry of “clementiner”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | clementina | clementine fruit |
| 2 | French | Clémentine | clementine (fruit) |
| 3 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 4 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 5 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 6 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 7 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |