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Where does “scutelliform” come from?

scutelliform (English) comes from English -form, from English formic, from French formique, from French -ique, from Middle French -ique, from Old French -ique, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Italic *-ikos.

scutelliform (English): scutellate; Having the form of a scutellum

Definitions

  1. scutellate; Having the form of a scutellum

Ancestry of “scutelliform”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-formHaving the shape or form of; looking like;...
2EnglishformicOf or pertaining to ants; Of, pertaining to or...
3Frenchformiqueformic
4French-iqueUsed to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,...
5Middle French-ique—
6Old French-ique-ic
7Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
8Proto-Italic*-ikos—
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