Where does “semilanceolate” come from?
semilanceolate (English) comes from English lanceolate, from Latin lanceolatus, from Latin lanceola, from Latin -olus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
semilanceolate (English): Half-lanceolate, longitudinally divided
Definitions
- Half-lanceolate, longitudinally divided
Ancestry of “semilanceolate”, step by step
semilanceolate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lanceolate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lanceolate | Having the general shape of a lance; much longer... |
| 2 | Latin | lanceolatus | armed with a lance; having the form of a lance;... |
| 3 | Latin | lanceola | small lance |
| 4 | Latin | -olus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming diminutives";... |
| 5 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |