Where does “gemelliparous” come from?

gemelliparous (English) comes from Latin gemellipara, from Latin pariō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

gemelliparous (English): Producing twins

Definitions

  1. Producing twins

Ancestry of “gemelliparous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingemelliparatwin-bearing, mother of twins (an epithet of Latona)
2Latinpariōto bear, to give birth to
3Latin-iō—
4Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
7Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Latin -iō →