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Where does “eyelashed” come from?

eyelashed (English) comes from English eyelash, from English Eye, from English -some, from Middle English -som, from Old English sum, from Proto-West Germanic *sum, from Proto-Germanic sumaz, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

eyelashed (English): Having some specific type of eyelash

Definitions

  1. Having some specific type of eyelash

Ancestry of “eyelashed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englisheyelashone of the hairs which grow along the edge of...
2EnglishEye—
3English-someCharacterized by some specific condition or...
4Middle English-som—
5Old Englishsumsome
6Proto-West Germanic*sum—
7Proto-Germanicsumazsome , a certain; some, certain
8Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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