Where does “anamniote” come from?

anamniote (English) comes from English ān, from Middle English ān, from Old English ān, from Proto-West Germanic ain, from Proto-Germanic ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.

anamniote (English): Any animal that is not an amniote

Definitions

  1. Any animal that is not an amniote

Ancestry of “anamniote”, step by step

anamniote traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ān

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishān—
2Middle Englishāna, an indefinite article
3Old Englishānlonely; entirely alone, solitary, single; one
4Proto-West Germanicainone
5Proto-Germanicainazone; some
6Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single

via English amniote

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishamnioteAny of the Amniota group of vertebrates having an...
2LatinAmniota—
3Translingual-otaUsed to form names of taxa according to a prominent anatomical feature
Every word from Proto-Indo-European óynos →Every word from Proto-Germanic ainaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ain →