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Where does “guineansimpanssi” come from?

guineansimpanssi (Finnish) comes from Finnish guinea, from English Guinea, from Portuguese Guiné, from English -ia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

guineansimpanssi (Finnish): western chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes verus

Definitions

  1. western chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes verus

Ancestry of “guineansimpanssi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishguineaguinea
2EnglishGuinea—
3PortugueseGuinéGuinea
4English-iaUsed in forming names of countries, diseases,...
5Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
6Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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