Where does “bireme” come from?

bireme (Latin) comes from Latin biremis, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

bireme (Latin): ablative singular of birēmis

Definitions

  1. ablative singular of birēmis

Ancestry of “bireme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbiremishaving two banks of oars; bireme
2Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
3Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
4Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -is →Every word from Latin -a →