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Where does “crenate” come from?

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

crenate (English): Having round or blunt teeth on its margin;...

Definitions

  1. Having round or blunt teeth on its margin;...

Ancestry of “crenate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincrenatusnotched; crenate
2Latin-ātus—
3Proto-Italic-ātos—
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—

Words derived from “crenate”

  • subcrenate
  • bicrenate
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