Where does “bireme” come from?
bireme (English) comes from Latin biremis, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
bireme (English): an ancient galley having two banks of oars, one...
Definitions
- an ancient galley having two banks of oars, one...
Ancestry of “bireme”, step by step
bireme traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin biremis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | biremis | having two banks of oars; bireme |
| 2 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 3 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via Portuguese BIREME
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | BIREME | Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (lang) |