Where does “stellion” come from?
stellion (English) comes from Latin Stellio, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
stellion (English): A lizard , olive-green with small stellate spots,...
Definitions
- A lizard , olive-green with small stellate spots,...
Ancestry of “stellion”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | Stellio | — |
| 2 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 6 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |