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Where does “fimbriate” come from?

fimbriate (English) comes from Latin fimbriatus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

fimbriate (English): Fringed, e.g. where the ends of a petal are split...

Definitions

  1. Fringed, e.g. where the ends of a petal are split...

Ancestry of “fimbriate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfimbriatusfringed; fibrous
2Latin-ātus—
3Proto-Italic-ātos—
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—

Words derived from “fimbriate”

  • fimbriation
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