Where does “apical” come from?
Apical comes from English apex, from Latin apex meaning "peak" or "point," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂ep- meaning "to fasten" or "attach."
apical (English): Of or connected with the apex; Situated at the...
Definitions
- Of or connected with the apex; Situated at the...
Ancestry of “apical”, step by step
apical traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English AL
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | AL | Initialism of assembly language; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Dutch | al | all, all of; already; yet |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | al | all, all of; completely; even though, no matter... |
| 4 | Old Dutch | āl | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | all | all |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | allaz | all |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |
via English apic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | apic | — |
| 2 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 4 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 5 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |
Words derived from “apical”