Where does “dehiscence” come from?
Dehiscence comes from New Latin dehiscentia, from Latin dehiscentem and dehisco, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰeh₁y-, meaning to gape or yawn.
dehiscence (English): Opening of an organ by its own means to release...
Definitions
- Opening of an organ by its own means to release...
Ancestry of “dehiscence”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Latin | dehiscentia | — |
| 2 | Latin | dehiscentem | — |
| 3 | Latin | dehisco | I gape, yawn, split open |
| 4 | Latin | hisco | I yawn, gape, open; I open the mouth, mutter,... |
| 5 | Latin | hiō | to yawn, gape |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | hiāō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰh₁i-eh₂- | to gape, be wide open |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰeh₁y- | to yawn, gape; to gape, be wide open; to gape,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰih₁- | — |