Where does “bimunicipal” come from?
bimunicipal (English) comes from English municipal, from French municipal, from Latin mūnicipālis, from Latin mūnicipium, from Latin mūniceps, from Latin -ceps, from Old Latin -cipes, from Proto-Italic -kaputis — to seize, hold.
bimunicipal (English): Of or pertaining to two municipalities
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to two municipalities
Ancestry of “bimunicipal”, step by step
bimunicipal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English municipal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | municipal | Of or pertaining to a municipality; Of or... |
| 2 | French | municipal | municipal |
| 3 | Latin | mūnicipālis | municipal |
| 4 | Latin | mūnicipium | township |
| 5 | Latin | mūniceps | citizen (of a municipium) |
| 6 | Latin | -ceps | -headed; -fold; -catcher |
| 7 | Old Latin | -cipes | "third declension"; Alternative form of -ceps;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -kaputis | -headed |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |
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... |