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Where does “hapaxanthic” come from?

hapaxanthic (English) comes from English hapaxanth, from Ancient Greek ἅπαξ, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

hapaxanthic (English): Being or relating to a hapaxanth

Definitions

  1. Being or relating to a hapaxanth

Ancestry of “hapaxanthic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhapaxanthA plant of a kind that flowers only once in its...
2Ancient Greekἅπαξonce, one time, only once
3Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
4Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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