Where does “basaltiforme” come from?

basaltiforme (French) comes from French basalte, from Middle French basalte, from Late Latin basaltes, from Latin basanites, from Ancient Greek βασανίτης, from Ancient Greek -ίτης, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

basaltiforme (French): basaltiform

Definitions

  1. basaltiform

Ancestry of “basaltiforme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbasaltebasalt
2Middle Frenchbasalte
3Late Latinbasaltes
4Latinbasanites
5Ancient Greekβασανίτης
6Ancient Greek-ίτηςSuffix forming a masculine noun: one connected...
7Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
8Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
9Proto-Hellenic-tāts
10Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
11Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
12Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós
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