Where does “birème” come from?

birème (French) comes from Latin biremis, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

birème (French): bireme

Definitions

  1. bireme

Ancestry of “birème”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbiremishaving two banks of oars; bireme
2Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
3Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
4Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “birème”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -is →Every word from Latin -a →