Where does “pallosegmentti” come from?
pallosegmentti (Finnish) comes from Finnish segmentti, from Latin segmentum, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
pallosegmentti (Finnish): spherical segment
Definitions
- spherical segment
Ancestry of “pallosegmentti”, step by step
pallosegmentti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish segmentti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | segmentti | segment |
| 2 | Latin | segmentum | a cutting, cut; slice, piece; a segment, strip or... |
| 3 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 4 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |