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Where does “membraneux” come from?

membraneux (French) comes from Middle French membraneux, from Latin membraneus, from Latin membrāna, from Latin membrum, from Proto-Italic memzrom, from Proto-Indo-European mḗms, from Proto-Indo-European mems-, from Proto-Indo-European me-ms-.

membraneux (French): membranous

Definitions

  1. membranous

Ancestry of “membraneux”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchmembraneux—
2Latinmembraneusof parchment
3Latinmembrāna—
4Latinmembrumlimb of the body; member; the penis; a portion,...
5Proto-Italicmemzrom—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗmsflesh, meat
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmems-flesh, meat
8Proto-Indo-Europeanme-ms-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmes-—

Words derived from “membraneux”

  • membranous
  • intramembranous
  • perimembranous
  • submembranous
  • semimembranous
  • intermembranous
  • transmembranous
  • nonmembranous
  • extramembranous
  • membranously
  • endomembranous
  • membraneus
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