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
- hawk, merlin; a rapacious man
Ancestry of “accipiter”, step by step
accipiter traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin accipio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | accipio | to receive, accept, take |
| 2 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 4 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Proto-Italic akupetros
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Italic | akupetros | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱu-péth₂r̥ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | péth₂r̥ | wing; feather |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | peth₂- | to spread out; to fly |
via Ancient Greek νῖσος
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | νῖσος | Nisos, Nisus |