Where does “geminate” come from?
geminate (Italian) comes from Italian geminare, from Latin gemino, from Latin Geminus, from Latin geminus, from Proto-Italic jemanos, from Proto-Indo-European yemH- — twin.
geminate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...
Definitions
- second-person plural present indicative of...
Ancestry of “geminate”, step by step
geminate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian geminare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | geminare | to redouble; to geminate |
| 2 | Latin | gemino | dative masculine singular of geminus; dative... |
| 3 | Latin | Geminus | twinborn, twin |
| 4 | Latin | geminus | twin; double, paired; a twin |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | jemanos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yemH- | twin |
via Italian geminato
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | geminato | past participle of geminare |