Where does “cobralisina” come from?
cobralisina (Italian) comes from Italian cobra, from Portuguese cobra, from Old Portuguese coobra, from Vulgar Latin colobra, from Latin colubra, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
cobralisina (Italian): a hemolysin found in the venom of cobras
Definitions
- a hemolysin found in the venom of cobras
Ancestry of “cobralisina”, step by step
cobralisina traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian cobra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | cobra | cobra |
| 2 | Portuguese | cobra | snake |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | coobra | snake |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | colobra | — |
| 5 | Latin | colubra | a female snake, serpent; snake, serpent |
| 6 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via Italian emolisina
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | emolisina | hemolysin |
| 2 | Italian | -ina | Alterative suffix used to form diminutives of... |
| 3 | Interlingua | -ina | forms nouns from nouns, denoting a technical term for a substance; container |
| 4 | Latin | -ina | nominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative... |
| 5 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |