Where does “panicum” come from?

panicum (English) comes from Translingual Panicum, from Latin pānicum, from Latin -cum, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

panicum (English): Any of the genus "Panicum" of tropical grasses

Definitions

  1. Any of the genus "Panicum" of tropical grasses

Ancestry of “panicum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualPanicumgenus
2LatinpānicumItalian millet, foxtail millet (Setaria italica), panicgrass
3Latin-cumwith; suffixed to nouns of any gender, forms...
4Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
5Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
6Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
9Middle Englishkyt
10Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
11Old High Germankuti
12Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
13Proto-Germanickweduzresin
14Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
15Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
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