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Where does “nikotingelb” come from?

nikotingelb (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.

nikotingelb (German): nicotine-rich, high-nicotine

Definitions

  1. nicotine-rich, high-nicotine

Ancestry of “nikotingelb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanNikotinnicotine
2Frenchnicotinenicotine
3French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
4French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
5Middle French-é—
6Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
7Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
8Proto-Italic-ā—
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
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