Where does “sesquialterous” come from?
sesquialterous (English) comes from Latin sesquialter, from Latin sēsqui-, from Latin -que, from Proto-Italic -kʷe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.
sesquialterous (English): Alternative form of sesquialteral
Definitions
- Alternative form of sesquialteral
Ancestry of “sesquialterous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | sesquialter | one and a half times |
| 2 | Latin | sēsqui- | — |
| 3 | Latin | -que | and, a copulative particle affixed to the word it... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |