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Where does “fissiparus” come from?

fissiparus (Latin) comes from Latin fissus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰidtós, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

Ancestry of “fissiparus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfissussplit, cloven
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰidtóssplit, cloven
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

Words derived from “fissiparus”

  • fissiparous
  • fissiparousness
  • fissiparously
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