Where does “remex” come from?

remex (English) comes from Latin remex, from Latin remigo, from Latin -igo, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

remex (English): quill; The flight feather of a bird

Definitions

  1. quill; The flight feather of a bird

Ancestry of “remex”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinremexoarsman, rower
2LatinremigoI row
3Latin-igoEnlargement of -ō; Suffixed to nouns and to...
4Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

Words derived from “remex”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- →