Where does “long-acuminate” come from?
long-acuminate (English) comes from English long, from English longitude, from Old French longitude, from Latin longitūdō, from Latin longus, from Latin -ē, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
long-acuminate (English): Tapering to a characteristically long point at...
Definitions
- Tapering to a characteristically long point at...
Ancestry of “long-acuminate”, step by step
long-acuminate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English long
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 2 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 3 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 4 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 5 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 6 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English acuminate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | acuminate | Tapering to a point; pointed; Tapering to a long... |
| 2 | Latin | acuminatus | pointed, sharpened; tapering to a point |
| 3 | Latin | acumino | I make pointed or sharp, sharpen |
| 4 | Latin | acūmen | a sharpened point |
| 5 | Latin | acus | a needle, a pin; bodkin; bran, awn, chaff |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | akus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ- | sharp |