Where does “inequivalve” come from?
inequivalve (English) comes from Italian in-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
inequivalve (English): Having valves of different sizes; Any bivalve...
Definitions
- Having valves of different sizes; Any bivalve...
Ancestry of “inequivalve”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | in- | un-; in-; a- |
| 2 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 3 | Latin | în | — |
| 4 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |