Where does “biremis” come from?

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

biremis (Latin): having two banks of oars; bireme

Definitions

  1. having two banks of oars; bireme

Ancestry of “biremis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
2Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
3Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “biremis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -is →Every word from Latin -a →