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Where does “mediostratum” come from?

mediostratum (English) comes from English stratum, from Latin strātum, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα, from Ancient Greek -ειδής, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European -ess, from Proto-Indo-European -os — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

mediostratum (English): The central strand of a divergent gill trama

Definitions

  1. The central strand of a divergent gill trama

Ancestry of “mediostratum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstratumOne of several parallel horizontal layers of...
2Latinstrātum—
3Ancient Greekσφαῖραball, globe, sphere
4Ancient Greek-ειδήςlike, connected to, from the nature of, full of;...
5Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
6Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
7Proto-Indo-European-ess—
8Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
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