Where does “rostrated” come from?
rostrated (English) comes from English rostrate, from Latin rostratus, from Latin rōstrum, from Latin ferreorostris, from Latin ferreus, from Latin ferrum, from Cornish -er, from English -er — Creates intransitive, often deponent,...
rostrated (English): rostrate
Definitions
- rostrate
Ancestry of “rostrated”, step by step
rostrated traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English rostrate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rostrate | Having a process resembling the beak of a bird;... |
| 2 | Latin | rostratus | rostrate or beaky: beaked, beak-like; snouty:... |
| 3 | Latin | rōstrum | bill or beak of a bird |
| 4 | Latin | ferreorostris | having a cruel beak |
| 5 | Latin | ferreus | iron, made of iron; like or pertaining to iron;... |
| 6 | Latin | ferrum | iron; any tool made of iron; fight, clash |
| 7 | Cornish | -er | Forms masculine agent nouns |
| 8 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 9 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 10 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 11 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
via English D
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | D | The ordinal number fourth, derived from this... |
| 2 | English | dirham | A unit of currency used in the Arab world,... |
| 3 | Arabic | دِرْهَم | — |
| 4 | Middle Persian | 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 | drachm |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | δραχμή | drachma; drachm |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | δράσσομαι | to grasp, take handfuls; I hold, seize; to hold,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dreǵʰ- | to be unwilling, vexed |