Where does “ptilinum” come from?
ptilinum (English) comes from New Latin ptilīnum, from French ptiline, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.
ptilinum (English): A bladder-like pouch on the head of schizophoran...
Definitions
- A bladder-like pouch on the head of schizophoran...
Ancestry of “ptilinum”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Latin | ptilīnum | — |
| 2 | French | ptiline | ptilinum |
| 3 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 4 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 5 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 6 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 7 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |