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Where does “morphosedimentary” come from?

morphosedimentary (English) comes from English sedimentary, from English -ary, from Italian -ario, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

morphosedimentary (English): Related to both morphology and sediment or...

Definitions

  1. Related to both morphology and sediment or...

Ancestry of “morphosedimentary”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsedimentaryMade by the deposition and compression of small...
2English-aryof or pertaining to; adjective suffix appended to...
3Italian-ario-ary; Added to nouns to create attributive...
4Latin-ārium—
5Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
6Proto-Italic*-om—
7Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →