Where does “hemimaxilla” come from?

hemimaxilla (English) comes from English maxilla, from Latin maxilla, from Latin -illa, from Latin -illus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

hemimaxilla (English): Either half of a maxilla

Definitions

  1. Either half of a maxilla

Ancestry of “hemimaxilla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmaxillaEither of the two bones that together form the...
2Latinmaxillajaw, jawbone, bone of the upper jaw; lower part...
3Latin-illainflection of -illus: ## nominative/vocative...
4Latin-illusUsed to form adjectives from nouns
5Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
6Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -lusEvery word from Latin -illus