Where does “iridescent” come from?
Iridescent derives from English -escent, Ancient Greek ἶρις, Latin -esco, Proto-Indo-European weh₁y-, Proto-Italic -skō, Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti, Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, and Proto-Indo-European -yeti.
iridescent (English): Producing a display of lustrous, rainbow-like...
Definitions
- Producing a display of lustrous, rainbow-like...
Ancestry of “iridescent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -escent | beginning to be; becoming; resembling |
| 2 | Latin | -escens | — |
| 3 | Latin | -esco | Forms verbs from adjectives meaning "become " |
| 4 | Latin | -eo | Forms stative verbs from adjectives; dative... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |