Where does “laniate” come from?
laniate (English) comes from Latin laniatus, from Latin laniō, from Latin lanius, from Old Latin lacnius, from Proto-Indo-European lek- — to jump, to leap; to jump, scuttle; to tear, rend.
laniate (English): To tear into pieces
Ancestry of “laniate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | laniatus | torn, rent, having been torn |
| 2 | Latin | laniō | — |
| 3 | Latin | lanius | butcher |
| 4 | Old Latin | lacnius | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | lek- | to jump, to leap; to jump, scuttle; to tear, rend |