Where does “bifidly” come from?
bifidly (English) comes from English bifid, from French bifide, from Latin bifidus, from Latin -fidus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
bifidly (English): In a bifid manner
Definitions
- In a bifid manner
Ancestry of “bifidly”, step by step
bifidly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bifid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bifid | Cleft; divided into two lobes |
| 2 | French | bifide | bifid |
| 3 | Latin | bifidus | cleft, cloven; forked |
| 4 | Latin | -fidus | fid, forming adjectives meaning "cleft" or "split" |
| 5 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 6 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |