Where does “trigeminate” come from?
trigeminate (English) comes from English geminate, from Latin geminātus, from Latin gemino, from Latin Geminus, from Latin geminus, from Proto-Italic jemanos, from Proto-Indo-European yemH- — twin.
trigeminate (English): Having three pairs
Definitions
- Having three pairs
Ancestry of “trigeminate”, step by step
trigeminate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English geminate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | geminate | Forming a pair; Of a consonant, pronounced longer... |
| 2 | Latin | geminātus | doubled, having been doubled |
| 3 | Latin | gemino | dative masculine singular of geminus; dative... |
| 4 | Latin | Geminus | twinborn, twin |
| 5 | Latin | geminus | twin; double, paired; a twin |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | jemanos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yemH- | twin |