Where does “lamellibranch” come from?
lamellibranch (English) comes from Translingual Lamellibranchiata, from Latin lāmella, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
lamellibranch (English): any marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk, of the...
Definitions
- any marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk, of the...
Ancestry of “lamellibranch”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | Lamellibranchiata | Bivalvia |
| 2 | Latin | lāmella | A small, thin plate of metal |
| 3 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |