Where does “microechinate” come from?
microechinate (English) comes from English echinate, from Latin echinatus, from Latin echīnus, from Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος, from Translingual Cactus, from Latin cactus, from Ancient Greek κάκτος — the cardoon, "Cynara cardunculus"; the artichoke...
microechinate (English): A small, echinate pollen grain
Definitions
- A small, echinate pollen grain
Ancestry of “microechinate”, step by step
microechinate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English echinate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | echinate | prickly; bristly; A bristly grain or pollen |
| 2 | Latin | echinatus | prickly |
| 3 | Latin | echīnus | a sea urchin, especially the edible kind |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἐχῖνος | hedgehog; sea urchin; shell of a sea urchin |
| 5 | Translingual | Cactus | obsolete genus of succulents |
| 6 | Latin | cactus | the cardoon, "Cynara cardunculus" |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κάκτος | the cardoon, "Cynara cardunculus"; the artichoke... |