Where does “pan-primate” come from?
pan-primate (English) comes from English primate, from French primate, from Latin prīmās, from Latin -ās, from Latin -ātis, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
pan-primate (English): Applying to all primates
Definitions
- Applying to all primates
Ancestry of “pan-primate”, step by step
pan-primate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English primate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | primate | A mammal of the order "Primates", including... |
| 2 | French | primate | primate mammal |
| 3 | Latin | prīmās | one of the first or principal, chief, excellent, noble; alternative form of prīmus |
| 4 | Latin | -ās | Used to form gentilic adjectives with the meaning "of/from" a country or place |
| 5 | Latin | -ātis | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English PAN
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | PAN | Acronym of primary account number; Acronym of... |
| 2 | English | pantograph | A mechanical linkage based on parallelograms... |
| 3 | French | pantographe | pantograph |
| 4 | French | -graphe | -graph; -grapher |
| 5 | Latin | -graphus | graph |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -γράφος | writer, painter |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |