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Where does “accipiter” come from?

accipiter (Latin) comes from Latin accipio, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

accipiter (Latin): hawk, merlin; a rapacious man

Definitions

  1. hawk, merlin; a rapacious man

Ancestry of “accipiter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinaccipioI receive, accept, take; I hear , learn , learn;...
2Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “accipiter”

  • Azores
  • Azorean
  • accipiter
  • accipitrine
  • accipitres
  • auceptor
  • accipitro
  • accipitrans
  • accipitrina
  • azor
  • azorar
  • Açores
  • açor
  • açores
  • Accipitres
  • Accipiter
  • Accipitridae
  • Accipitriformes
  • Accipitrinae
  • Accipiter nisus
  • ostur
  • skifter
  • qiftër
  • qift
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