Where does “flavicollis” come from?
flavicollis (Latin) comes from Latin flāvus, from Latin palpus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
flavicollis (Latin): yellow-stemmed
Definitions
- yellow-stemmed
Ancestry of “flavicollis”, step by step
flavicollis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin flāvus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | flāvus | light(-haired), blond |
| 2 | Latin | palpus | palm of the hand; feeler |
| 3 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 4 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |
via Latin collum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | collum | neck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude |
| 2 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 3 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |