Where does “semipervious” come from?
semipervious (English) comes from English pervious, from Latin pervius, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
semipervious (English): Somewhat or partly pervious
Definitions
- Somewhat or partly pervious
Ancestry of “semipervious”, step by step
semipervious traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pervious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pervious | Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by... |
| 2 | Latin | pervius | Having a passage through; passable, traversable,... |
| 3 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 4 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 5 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |