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Where does “bilame” come from?

bilame (Italian) comes from Italian bilama, from Italian lama, from French lamé, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.

bilame (Italian): feminine plural of bilama

Definitions

  1. feminine plural of bilama

Ancestry of “bilame”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbilamadouble-bladed
2Italianlamablade; lama; llama
3Frenchlamépast participle of lamer
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—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →