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Where does “annelid” come from?

annelid (English) comes from French annélidé, from French -ide, from Middle French -ide, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

annelid (English): Any of various wormlike animals, of the phylum...

Definitions

  1. Any of various wormlike animals, of the phylum...

Ancestry of “annelid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchannélidéannelid
2French-ide—
3Middle French-ide—
4Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
5Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
6Proto-Italic-ā—
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “annelid”

  • annelidan
  • annelidous
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →