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Where does “mesocuneiform” come from?

mesocuneiform (English) comes from English meso-, from Ancient Greek μέσος, 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;...

mesocuneiform (English): One of the bones of the tarsus

Definitions

  1. One of the bones of the tarsus

Ancestry of “mesocuneiform”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmeso-middle; intermediate; Designating an achiral...
2Ancient Greekμέσοςmiddle of, between, amidst; half; of middle...
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;...

Words derived from “mesocuneiform”

  • ectomesocuneiform
  • entomesocuneiform
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