Where does “triunguiculate” come from?
triunguiculate (English) comes from English unguiculate, from Latin unguiculatus, from Latin unguiculus, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos — Diminutive suffix.
triunguiculate (English): Having three nails or claws
Definitions
- Having three nails or claws
Ancestry of “triunguiculate”, step by step
triunguiculate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unguiculate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unguiculate | Having nails or claws, as distinguished from... |
| 2 | Latin | unguiculatus | unguiculate |
| 3 | Latin | unguiculus | a fingernail |
| 4 | Latin | -culus | Alternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-kelos | Diminutive suffix |