Where does “quadrireme” come from?
quadrireme (English) comes from Latin quadriremis, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
quadrireme (English): a galley with four banks of oars, each rowed by...
Definitions
- a galley with four banks of oars, each rowed by...
Ancestry of “quadrireme”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | quadriremis | quadrireme |
| 2 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 3 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |