Where does “capitolunate” come from?

capitolunate (English) comes from English Capito, from German capito, from Italian capito, from Spanish Agapito, from Ancient Greek Ἀγαπητός, from Ancient Greek -τός, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

capitolunate (English): Relating to, or connecting the capitate and lunate bones

Definitions

  1. Relating to, or connecting the capitate and lunate bones

Ancestry of “capitolunate”, step by step

capitolunate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Capito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCapito
2Germancapitocapisce
3Italiancapitopast participle of capire; first-person singular...
4SpanishAgapito
5Ancient GreekἈγαπητόςbeloved
6Ancient Greek-τόςcreates verbal adjectives of possibility, either...
7Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

via English lunate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlunateShaped like a crescent; A small stone artifact,...
2Latinlūnātuscurved
3LatinlunoI curve or bend into a crescent or half-moon...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tósEvery word from Ancient Greek -τόςEvery word from Ancient Greek Ἀγαπητός
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