Where does “triffidian” come from?
triffidian (English) comes from English triffid, from English trifid, from Latin trifidus, from Latin -fidus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
triffidian (English): Resembling or relating to triffids ("a fictional plant able to move around and kill people with a poisonous stinger")
Definitions
- Resembling or relating to triffids ("a fictional plant able to move around and kill people with a poisonous stinger")
Ancestry of “triffidian”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | triffid | A fictional plant, able to move around and kill people with a poisonous stinger |
| 2 | English | trifid | Divided into three lobes |
| 3 | Latin | trifidus | cleft into three; three-pronged |
| 4 | Latin | -fidus | fid, forming adjectives meaning "cleft" or "split" |
| 5 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 6 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |