Where does “lentisque” come from?
lentisque (French) comes from Old Occitan lentiscle, from Latin lentisculus, from Latin lentiscus, from Latin -iscus, from Proto-West Germanic -isk, from Proto-Germanic -iskaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.
lentisque (French): lentisk, mastic-tree
Definitions
- lentisk, mastic-tree
Ancestry of “lentisque”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Occitan | lentiscle | — |
| 2 | Latin | lentisculus | — |
| 3 | Latin | lentiscus | The mastic-tree |
| 4 | Latin | -iscus | -ish |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -isk | Creates adjectives from nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -iskaz | Forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iskos | Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to |