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Where does “lageniform” come from?

lageniform (English) comes from English -iform, from English -form, from English formic, from French formique, from French -ique, from Middle French -ique, from Old French -ique, from Latin -icus.

lageniform (English): Shaped like a flask

Definitions

  1. Shaped like a flask

Ancestry of “lageniform”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-iformAlternative form of -form
2English-formHaving the shape or form of; looking like;...
3EnglishformicOf or pertaining to ants; Of, pertaining to or...
4Frenchformiqueformic
5French-iqueUsed to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,...
6Middle French-ique—
7Old French-ique-ic
8Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
9Proto-Italic*-ikos—

Words derived from “lageniform”

  • sublageniform
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