Where does “gemmiparously” come from?
gemmiparously (English) comes from English gemmiparous, from English parous, 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.
gemmiparously (English): In a gemmiparous manner
Definitions
- In a gemmiparous manner
Ancestry of “gemmiparously”, step by step
gemmiparously traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English gemmiparous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gemmiparous | That reproduces by means of buds |
| 2 | English | parous | Having given birth |
| 3 | Latin | pariō | to bear, to give birth to |
| 4 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |