Where does “fimbriation” come from?
fimbriation (English) comes from English Ion, from Romanian Ion, from French ion, from English ion, from English anion, from Ancient Greek ἀνιόν, from Ancient Greek ἄνειμι, from Ancient Greek ἀνά — up, upon.
fimbriation (English): The use of a thin stripe of a contrasting...
Definitions
- The use of a thin stripe of a contrasting...
Ancestry of “fimbriation”, step by step
fimbriation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Ion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ion | Son of Creusa and Xuthus, and the ancestor of Ionian people |
| 2 | Romanian | Ion | John |
| 3 | French | ion | ion |
| 4 | English | ion | An atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical... |
| 5 | English | anion | A negatively charged ion |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀνιόν | going up |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἄνειμι | go up |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἀνά | on board; on, upon |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | *aná | up, upon |
via English fimbriate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fimbriate | Fringed, e.g. where the ends of a petal are split... |
| 2 | Latin | fimbriatus | fringed; fibrous |
| 3 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |