Where does “quadrirème” come from?
quadrirème (French) comes from Latin quadriremis, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
quadrirème (French): quadrireme (galley with four banks of oars)
Definitions
- quadrireme (galley with four banks of oars)
Ancestry of “quadrirème”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | quadriremis | quadrireme |
| 2 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 3 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |