Where does “hermaphrodite” come from?
hermaphrodite (French) comes from Latin Hermaphroditus, from Ancient Greek Ἑρμαφρόδιτος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
hermaphrodite (French): hermaphrodite
Definitions
- hermaphrodite
Ancestry of “hermaphrodite”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | Hermaphroditus | Hermaphroditus |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Ἑρμαφρόδιτος | Hermaphroditus |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |