Where does “monadelphously” come from?
monadelphously (English) comes from English monadelphous, from English adelphous, from English -ous, from Middle English -ous, from Old French -us, from Latin -ōsus, from Old Latin -ōssus.
monadelphously (English): In a monadelphous manner
Definitions
- In a monadelphous manner
Ancestry of “monadelphously”, step by step
monadelphously traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English monadelphous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | monadelphous | Having all its stamens within a flower fused... |
| 2 | English | adelphous | Having coalescent or clustered filaments |
| 3 | English | -ous | Used to form adjectives from nouns, to denote... |
| 4 | Middle English | -ous | — |
| 5 | Old French | -us | -ous, used for forming adjectives |
| 6 | Latin | -ōsus | ose, -ous, -ful (full of or overly prone to) |
| 7 | Old Latin | -ōssus | — |