Where does “pseudoglanders” come from?
pseudoglanders (English) comes from English glanders, from Middle English glandres, from Old French glandres, from Old French glandre, from Latin glāndula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
pseudoglanders (English): melioidosis
Definitions
- melioidosis
Ancestry of “pseudoglanders”, step by step
pseudoglanders traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English glanders
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | glanders | An infectious disease of horses, mules and... |
| 2 | Middle English | glandres | — |
| 3 | Old French | glandres | — |
| 4 | Old French | glandre | — |
| 5 | Latin | glāndula | a little acorn |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English pseudo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pseudo | An intellectually pretentious person; a... |
| 2 | English | pseudo- | False, not genuine, fake |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ψευδής | lying, false, untrue; deceived, beguiled |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |