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Where does “bathydemersal” come from?

bathydemersal (English) comes from English demersal, from Latin demersus, from Latin demergo, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti — afterwards, post; by, at.

bathydemersal (English): A demersed fish living and/or feeding underwater...

Definitions

  1. A demersed fish living and/or feeding underwater...

Ancestry of “bathydemersal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdemersalThat lives near the bottom of a body of water;...
2Latindemersussubmerged, overwhelmed
3LatindemergoI sink or submerge; I plunge into; I overwhelm
4Latindē-—
5Latindē—
6Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
7Latinposteablative singular of postis
8Proto-Italicposti—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpósti—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at
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