Where does “uriniparous” come from?
uriniparous (English) comes from English parous, from Latin pariō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
uriniparous (English): Producing or preparing urine
Definitions
- Producing or preparing urine
Ancestry of “uriniparous”, step by step
uriniparous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English parous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | parous | Having given birth |
| 2 | Latin | pariō | to bear, to give birth to |
| 3 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English urine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | urine | Liquid waste consisting of water, salts and urea,... |
| 2 | Old French | orine | urine; breeding; heritage |
| 3 | Latin | orīgō | commencement act, event or process of coming into existence: beginning, origination |
| 4 | Latin | -igo | Enlargement of -ō; Suffixed to nouns and to... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |