Where does “semiplantigrade” come from?
semiplantigrade (English) comes from English plantigrade, from French plantigrade, from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.
semiplantigrade (English): Incompletely plantigrade; partly digitigrade
Definitions
- Incompletely plantigrade; partly digitigrade
Ancestry of “semiplantigrade”, step by step
semiplantigrade traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English plantigrade
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | plantigrade | Of an animal: walking with the entire sole of the... |
| 2 | French | plantigrade | plantigrade |
| 3 | Latin | planta | any vegetable production that serves to propagate... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | plāntā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₂- | flat |