Where does “stellionate” come from?

stellionate (English) comes from Latin stellionatus, 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.

stellionate (English): Any fraud not distinguished by a more special...

Definitions

  1. Any fraud not distinguished by a more special...

Ancestry of “stellionate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstellionatuscozenage, trickery
2LatinStelliostellion or other kind of small lizard, newt
3Latin-iō—
4Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
7Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Latin -iō →