Where does “geminate” come from?

geminate (English) comes from Latin geminātus, from Latin gemino, from Latin Geminus, from Latin geminus, from Proto-Italic jemanos, from Proto-Indo-European yemH- — twin.

geminate (English): Forming a pair; Of a consonant, pronounced longer...

Definitions

  1. Forming a pair; Of a consonant, pronounced longer...

Ancestry of “geminate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingeminātusdoubled, having been doubled
2Latingeminodative masculine singular of geminus; dative...
3LatinGeminustwinborn, twin
4Latingeminustwin; double, paired; a twin
5Proto-Italicjemanos—
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanyemH-twin

Words derived from “geminate”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yemH- →Every word from Proto-Italic jemanos →Every word from Latin geminus →