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Where does “dibranchiate” come from?

dibranchiate (English) comes from English branchiate, from New Latin branchiatus, from Latin -atus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

dibranchiate (English): Having two gills; Any of the Dibranchiata

Definitions

  1. Having two gills; Any of the Dibranchiata

Ancestry of “dibranchiate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbranchiateFurnished with branchiae
2New Latinbranchiatushaving gills
3Latin-atus-ed, -ate, -like; Form of -tus appended to nouns
4Proto-Italic-ātos—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →