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
- A hawk or a hawk-like bird; Like or belonging to...
Ancestry of “accipitrine”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | accipiter | Any hawk of the genus "Accipiter"; A bandage... |
| 2 | Latin | accipiter | hawk, merlin; a rapacious man |
| 3 | Latin | accipio | I receive, accept, take; I hear , learn , learn;... |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | în | — |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |