Where does “seminasal” come from?
seminasal (English) comes from English nasal, from Medieval Latin nasalis, from Latin nāsus, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
seminasal (English): Somewhat or partly nasal
Definitions
- Somewhat or partly nasal
Ancestry of “seminasal”, step by step
seminasal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English nasal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nasal | Of or pertaining to the nose or to the nasion;... |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | nasalis | nasal |
| 3 | Latin | nāsus | The nose |
| 4 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |