Where does “bimaculate” come from?
bimaculate (English) comes from English maculate, from Latin maculatus, from Latin maculare, from Latin maculo, from Latin macula, from French -is, from Old French -eiz, from Latin -icius — -y, -ic.
bimaculate (English): Having two spots or similar marks
Definitions
- Having two spots or similar marks
Ancestry of “bimaculate”, step by step
bimaculate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English maculate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | maculate | To spot; to stain; to blur; Marked with spots or... |
| 2 | Latin | maculatus | stained, spotted, having been stained; defiled,... |
| 3 | Latin | maculare | present active infinitive of maculō;... |
| 4 | Latin | maculo | I stain, make spotted; I defile, pollute; I... |
| 5 | Latin | macula | in a bad sense; in a neutral sense; ablative... |
| 6 | French | -is | Suffix forming the first-person singular present... |
| 7 | Old French | -eiz | — |
| 8 | Latin | -icius | -itious |
| 9 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
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... |