Where does “prethymically” come from?

prethymically (English) comes from English prethymic, from English thymic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine — in.

prethymically (English): Before development of the thymus

Definitions

  1. Before development of the thymus

Ancestry of “prethymically”, step by step

prethymically traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English prethymic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishprethymicBefore development of the thymus
2EnglishthymicOf or relating to the thymus gland; Derived from...
3English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
4EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
5Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
6Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
7Spanishimagenimage
8Italianimmagineimage; imago
9Latinimāginem
10Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
11Latinīn-un-, non-, not
12Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
13Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
14Proto-Italicenin
15Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English ally

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishallyTo unite, or form a connection between, as...
2Middle EnglishallieThe state of having marital or family relations...
3Middle EnglishallienTo ally; to make a pact or confederacy; To marry...
4Old Frenchalierto unite; to join together
5Latinalligōto bind to, up or around something, tie, fetter, fasten; bandage
6LatinAdtoward, to
7Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
8Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
9LatinolleArchaic form of ille
10Proto-Italic*olnosthat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én
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