Where does “infraspinous” come from?
infraspinous (English) comes from English infra, from Latin infra, from Latin īnferā, from French inférer, from Latin īnferō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
Ancestry of “infraspinous”, step by step
infraspinous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English infra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | infra | Discussed later; Infrastructure |
| 2 | Latin | infra | below |
| 3 | Latin | īnferā | — |
| 4 | French | inférer | to infer |
| 5 | Latin | īnferō | to carry, bring, put, place, or throw in, into, to, or upon somewhere or something; insert |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English spinous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | spinous | Having many spines; Spine-like; spiny; Of a... |
| 2 | English | spine | The series of bones situated at the back from the... |
| 3 | Middle English | spyne | A spine |
| 4 | Old French | espine | spine; backbone; spine; spike |
| 5 | Latin | spīna | a thorn or a thorny tree or shrub, such as whitethorn, hawthorn, or blackthorn |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | speinā | thorn |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | spēy- | to stretch; thrive; succeed |