Where does “australopithecine” come from?
australopithecine (English) comes from Ancient Greek πίθηκος, from Ancient Greek Ἄνθρωπος, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
australopithecine (English): Any of several extinct hominids, belonging to the...
Definitions
- Any of several extinct hominids, belonging to the...
Ancestry of “australopithecine”, step by step
australopithecine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ancient Greek πίθηκος
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | πίθηκος | ape, monkey; trickster, jackanapes; dwarf |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Ἄνθρωπος | human being; person (as differentiated from gods, beasts, etc.) |
| 3 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 4 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |