Where does “bisepalous” come from?
bisepalous (English) comes from English sepalous, from English sepal, from French sépale, from New Latin sepalum, from Latin separatus, from Latin separare, from Latin separo, from Latin se- — self.
Ancestry of “bisepalous”, step by step
bisepalous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sepalous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sepalous | Having, or relating to, sepals |
| 2 | English | sepal | One of the component parts of the calyx,... |
| 3 | French | sépale | sepal |
| 4 | New Latin | sepalum | sepal |
| 5 | Latin | separatus | divided; distinguished; separated |
| 6 | Latin | separare | present active infinitive of sēparō;... |
| 7 | Latin | separo | I divide; I distinguish; I separate |
| 8 | Latin | se- | separately, astray; without; six |
| 9 | Latin | suus | his, her, its, their |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | sowos | his, her, its, their |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sewos | (one's) own; his, her, its |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | swé | self |
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... |