Where does “flabellate” come from?
flabellate (English) comes from Latin flabellatus, from Latin flābellum, from Latin flabrum, from Latin flō, from Proto-Italic flāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
flabellate (English): Fan-shaped; having parts or segments that are...
Definitions
- Fan-shaped; having parts or segments that are...
Ancestry of “flabellate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | flabellatus | fan-shaped; flabellate |
| 2 | Latin | flābellum | — |
| 3 | Latin | flabrum | gust, blast of wind; breeze |
| 4 | Latin | flō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | flāō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₁- | to bleat; to cry; to blow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
Words derived from “flabellate”