Where does “semelparously” come from?
semelparously (English) comes from English semelparous, from Latin pariō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
semelparously (English): By means of semelparity
Definitions
- By means of semelparity
Ancestry of “semelparously”, step by step
semelparously traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English semelparous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | semelparous | Reproducing only once in a lifetime |
| 2 | Latin | pariō | to bear, to give birth to |
| 3 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |