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