Where does “citrinitas” come from?
citrinitas (English) comes from Latin citrīnitās, from Latin citrinus, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.
citrinitas (English): A "yellowing" process, one of the four major stages of the alchemical magnum opus
Definitions
- A "yellowing" process, one of the four major stages of the alchemical magnum opus
Ancestry of “citrinitas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | citrīnitās | yellowness |
| 2 | Latin | citrinus | citric, citrus |
| 3 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -nos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |