Where does “eight-lined keelback” come from?
eight-lined keelback (English) comes from English keelback, from English back, from French bac, from French baccalauréat, from Medieval Latin baccalaureatus, from Latin baccalaureus, from Latin laurea, from Latin laurus — Forms comparative adjectives.
eight-lined keelback (English): Hebius octolineatus, a species of keelback snake found in southwestern China
Definitions
- Hebius octolineatus, a species of keelback snake found in southwestern China
Ancestry of “eight-lined keelback”, step by step
eight-lined keelback traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English keelback
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | keelback | Any of various colubrid snakes of the subfamily... |
| 2 | English | back | Near the rear; Not current; Far from the main... |
| 3 | French | bac | ferry; vat; high school exit exam in France; A... |
| 4 | French | baccalauréat | baccalaureat; bachelor's degree |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | baccalaureatus | bachelor's degree |
| 6 | Latin | baccalaureus | bachelor |
| 7 | Latin | laurea | laurel, bay tree; crown, wreath or branch of... |
| 8 | Latin | laurus | laurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel |
| 9 | English | -aceous | Of, relating to, resembling or containing the... |
| 10 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 11 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 12 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 13 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
via English eight
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | eight | A numerical value equal to 8; the number... |
| 2 | Middle English | eighte | eight |
| 3 | Old English | eahta | eight |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | ahtō | eight |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | ahtōu | eight |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | oḱtṓw | eight |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | aḱ- | sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,... |
via English lined
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lined | Having a lining, an inner layer or covering;... |