Where does “paleontologico” come from?
paleontologico (Italian) comes from Portuguese paleontologia, from Portuguese ontologia, from German Ontologie, from New Latin ontologia, from Ancient Greek ὄντος, from Ancient Greek ὤν, from Ancient Greek εἰμί, from Proto-Hellenic ehmi — to be.
paleontologico (Italian): paleontological
Definitions
- paleontological
Ancestry of “paleontologico”, step by step
paleontologico traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese paleontologia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | paleontologia | paleontology |
| 2 | Portuguese | ontologia | ontology |
| 3 | German | Ontologie | ontology |
| 4 | New Latin | ontologia | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ὄντος | masculine genitive singular of ὤν , present... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὤν | present participle of εἰμί; actual, real |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | εἰμί | To be, exist; live; To be; it is possible |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | ehmi | to be |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésmi | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ēs- | to be |
via Italian paleontologia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | paleontologia | paleontology |
| 2 | Italian | ontologia | ontology |
| 3 | Italian | -logia | -logy |
| 4 | Latin | -logia | -logy; the study of |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via Spanish paleontología
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | paleontología | paleontology |
| 2 | Spanish | -logía | -logy, -ology |