Where does “fissiparousness” come from?
fissiparousness (English) comes from English fissiparous, from Latin fissiparus, from Latin fissus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰidtós, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.
fissiparousness (English): The quality of being fissiparous
Definitions
- The quality of being fissiparous
Ancestry of “fissiparousness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | fissiparous | Factious, tending to break into pieces; Causing... |
| 2 | Latin | fissiparus | — |
| 3 | Latin | fissus | split, cloven |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰidtós | split, cloven |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyd- | to split |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰey- | bee |