Where does “bidentately” come from?
bidentately (English) comes from English bi, from English biceps, from Latin biceps, from Latin bis, from Latin color, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
bidentately (English): In a bidentate manner
Definitions
- In a bidentate manner
Ancestry of “bidentately”, step by step
bidentately traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bi | Bisexual; A bisexual person; A type of jade disk... |
| 2 | English | biceps | Any muscle having two heads; Specifically, the... |
| 3 | Latin | biceps | double-headed, having two heads; having two... |
| 4 | Latin | bis | twice, two times, on two occasions, in two ways |
| 5 | Latin | color | colour, shade; color; pigment; complexion |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via English dentately
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dentately | In a dentate or toothed manner |
| 2 | English | dentate | Having teeth or toothlike projections; serrated,... |
| 3 | Latin | Dentatus | toothed, having teeth |
| 4 | Latin | dēns | a tooth |
| 5 | Italian | dente | tooth; cog, prong |
| 6 | Latin | dens | tooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | dents | tooth |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃dónts | tooth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |