Where does “nikotinarm” come from?
nikotinarm (German) comes from German Nikotin, from French nicotine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.
nikotinarm (German): low-nicotine
Definitions
- low-nicotine
Ancestry of “nikotinarm”, step by step
nikotinarm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Nikotin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Nikotin | nicotine |
| 2 | French | nicotine | nicotine (alkaloid) |
| 3 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 4 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 5 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 6 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 7 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via German Arm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Arm | an arm; anything that resembles an arm |
| 2 | German | Leuchter | candlestick, sconce; candelabra |
| 3 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 4 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 7 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |