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Where does “bracteate” come from?

bracteate (English) comes from Latin bracteātus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

bracteate (English): Having bracts; Made of thin, beaten metal; A...

Definitions

  1. Having bracts; Made of thin, beaten metal; A...

Ancestry of “bracteate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbracteātus—
2Latin-ātus—
3Proto-Italic-ātos—
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—

Words derived from “bracteate”

  • tribracteate
  • bibracteate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →