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Where does “basaltes” come from?

basaltes (Late Latin) comes from Latin basanites, from Ancient Greek βασανίτης, from Ancient Greek -ίτης, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της, from Proto-Hellenic -tāts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

Ancestry of “basaltes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbasanites—
2Ancient Greekβασανίτης—
3Ancient Greek-ίτηςSuffix forming a masculine noun: one connected...
4Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
5Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
6Proto-Hellenic-tāts—
7Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
8Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
9Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “basaltes”

  • basalt
  • basaltic
  • trachybasalt
  • metabasalt
  • basaltoid
  • trachybasaltic
  • picrobasalt
  • basaltiform
  • basaltware
  • nonbasaltic
  • basalte
  • nonbasalt
  • basalte
  • basalten
  • basalt
  • basalt
  • basalt
  • basalt
  • bazalt
  • basalte
  • basalt
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