Where does “quinquefid” come from?

quinquefid (English) comes from Latin quinquefidus, from Latin -fidus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

quinquefid (English): Sharply cut about halfway to the middle or base...

Definitions

  1. Sharply cut about halfway to the middle or base...

Ancestry of “quinquefid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquinquefidus—
2Latin-fidusfid, forming adjectives meaning "cleft" or "split"
3Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
4Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
5Proto-Italic-os—
6Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “quinquefid”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Latin -us →Every word from Latin -fidus →