Where does “antesepalous” come from?
antesepalous (English) comes from English sepalous, from English sepal, from French sépale, from New Latin sepalum, from Latin separatus, from Latin separare, from Latin separo, from Latin se- — self.
antesepalous (English): Used of inner parts of flowers, most often...
Definitions
- Used of inner parts of flowers, most often...
Ancestry of “antesepalous”, step by step
antesepalous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sepalous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sepalous | Having, or relating to, sepals |
| 2 | English | sepal | One of the component parts of the calyx,... |
| 3 | French | sépale | sepal |
| 4 | New Latin | sepalum | sepal |
| 5 | Latin | separatus | divided; distinguished; separated |
| 6 | Latin | separare | present active infinitive of sēparō;... |
| 7 | Latin | separo | I divide; I distinguish; I separate |
| 8 | Latin | se- | separately, astray; without; six |
| 9 | Latin | suus | his, her, its, their |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | sowos | his, her, its, their |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sewos | (one's) own; his, her, its |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | swé | self |
via English ante
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ante | A price or cost, as in up the ante; In poker and... |
| 2 | Latin | ante | before, in front, forwards; before; before,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κλίσις | bending, inclination; a lying down; a place for... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |