Where does “sesqui-” come from?
sesqui- (English) comes from Latin sēsqui-, from Latin -que, from Proto-Italic -kʷe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.
sesqui- (English): 1½; 1½ times; In a ratio of 3 to 2
Definitions
- 1½; 1½ times; In a ratio of 3 to 2
Ancestry of “sesqui-”, step by step
Words derived from “sesqui-”
- sesquioxide
- sesquiterpene
- sesquicentennial
- sesquiquadrate
- sesquicentenary
- sesquiterpenoid
- sesquihydrate
- sesquisulphide
- sesquisalt
- sesquitertian
- sesquiplane
- sesquisyllabic
- sesquilinear
- sesquibasic
- sesquiterpenic
- norsesquiterpenoid
- sesquiduplicate
- sesquiannual
- sesquioxidize
- sesquioxidation
- sesquicentenarian
- sesquitone
- sesquimustard
- sesquilingual