Where does “semiorbiculate” come from?
semiorbiculate (English) comes from English orbiculate, from Latin orbiculātus, from Latin orbiculus, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos — Diminutive suffix.
semiorbiculate (English): Somewhat or partly orbiculate
Definitions
- Somewhat or partly orbiculate
Ancestry of “semiorbiculate”, step by step
semiorbiculate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English orbiculate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | orbiculate | spherical or circular; orbicular; That which is... |
| 2 | Latin | orbiculātus | rounded, circular, orbiculate |
| 3 | Latin | orbiculus | small disk |
| 4 | Latin | -culus | Alternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-kelos | Diminutive suffix |