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Where does “apiculate” come from?

apiculate (English) comes from Latin apiculatus, from Latin apiculus, from Latin apex, from Latin apo, from Proto-Italic apō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ep- — water, body of water.

apiculate (English): Having a short, sharply pointed tip

Definitions

  1. Having a short, sharply pointed tip

Ancestry of “apiculate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinapiculatusresembling a priest's cap, or a helmet or crown;...
2Latinapiculus—
3Latinapexsummit; top; cap of a priest ; hat, helmet, crown
4LatinapoI fasten; attach, connect; join, bind
5Proto-Italicapō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ep-water, body of water
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