Where does “holometamorphic” come from?

holometamorphic (English) comes from English metamorphic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem — in.

holometamorphic (English): Related to holometamorphosis

Definitions

  1. Related to holometamorphosis

Ancestry of “holometamorphic”, step by step

holometamorphic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English metamorphic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmetamorphicCharacterised by or exhibiting a change in form...
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-un-, non-, not
11Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English holo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishholohologram; Bound by ligands
2Ancient Greekὅλοςwhole, entire, perfect, complete; absolute,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeansolh₂wós
4Proto-Indo-Europeansōlh₂-mercy, comfort; comfort, mercy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en
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