Where does “esculentin” come from?
esculentin (English) comes from English esculent, from Latin ēsculentus, from Latin ēsca, from Latin edō, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
esculentin (English): A particular steroid glycoside
Definitions
- A particular steroid glycoside
Ancestry of “esculentin”, step by step
esculentin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English esculent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | esculent | Edible; "Good enough to eat": attractive;... |
| 2 | Latin | ēsculentus | fit for eating, good to eat, eatable, edible, esculent |
| 3 | Latin | ēsca | food |
| 4 | Latin | edō | to eat |
| 5 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |