Where does “biostratigrafico” come from?
biostratigrafico (Italian) comes from Italian stratigrafico, from Italian stratigrafia, from Italian strato, from Latin strātum, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα, from Ancient Greek -ειδής, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
biostratigrafico (Italian): biostratigraphical
Ancestry of “biostratigrafico”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | stratigrafico | stratigraphic; tomographic |
| 2 | Italian | stratigrafia | stratigraphy; tomography |
| 3 | Italian | strato | layer, coat, coating, sheet, film; stratus,... |
| 4 | Latin | strātum | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σφαῖρα | ball, globe, sphere |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ειδής | like, connected to, from the nature of, full of;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |