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Where does “cirrate” come from?

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

cirrate (English): Of, pertaining to, or fringed with cirri

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or fringed with cirri

Ancestry of “cirrate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincirratuscurled, having ringlets; having tendrils cirri
2Latin-ātus—
3Proto-Italic-ātos—
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—

Words derived from “cirrate”

  • incirrate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →