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Where does “pandiculation” come from?

pandiculation (English) comes from English pandiculate, from Latin pandiculātus, from Latin pandiculor, from Latin pandō, from Latin pandus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

pandiculation (English): A stretching and stiffening of the trunk and...

Definitions

  1. A stretching and stiffening of the trunk and...

Ancestry of “pandiculation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpandiculateTo fully stretch the torso and upper limbs,...
2Latinpandiculātus—
3LatinpandiculorI stretch myself
4Latinpandō—
5Latinpandusbend, crooked, curved; bent, crooked
6Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
7Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
8Proto-Italic-os—
9Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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