Where does “pedicellately” come from?
pedicellately (English) comes from English pedicellate, from English pedicel, from French pédicelle, from Latin pedicellus, from Latin pedīculus, from Latin pēdis, from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
pedicellately (English): In a pedicellate manner
Definitions
- In a pedicellate manner
Ancestry of “pedicellately”, step by step
pedicellately traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pedicellate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pedicellate | Having a pedicel |
| 2 | English | pedicel | A stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once fertilised) or spore-producing body within a cluster |
| 3 | French | pédicelle | pedicel |
| 4 | Latin | pedicellus | little foot; a little louse |
| 5 | Latin | pedīculus | A little foot |
| 6 | Latin | pēdis | louse |
| 7 | Latin | pēs | a foot, in its senses as |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |