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Where does “accipitrine” come from?

accipitrine (English) comes from English accipiter, from Latin accipiter, from Latin accipio, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

accipitrine (English): A hawk or a hawk-like bird; Like or belonging to...

Definitions

  1. A hawk or a hawk-like bird; Like or belonging to...

Ancestry of “accipitrine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaccipiterAny hawk of the genus "Accipiter"; A bandage...
2Latinaccipiterhawk, merlin; a rapacious man
3LatinaccipioI receive, accept, take; I hear , learn , learn;...
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →