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Where does “bipenné” come from?

bipenné (French) comes from Latin bipinnatus, from Latin pinnātus, from Latin Pinna, from Latin penna, from Proto-Italic petnā, from Proto-Indo-European péth₂r̥, from Proto-Indo-European peth₂- — to spread out; to fly.

bipenné (French): bipinnate

Definitions

  1. bipinnate

Ancestry of “bipenné”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbipinnatus—
2Latinpinnātus—
3LatinPinna—
4Latinpennawing; feather, especially a flight-feather;...
5Proto-Italicpetnāfeather; wing
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpéth₂r̥wing; feather
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeth₂-to spread out; to fly
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