Where does “flavipinnis” come from?
flavipinnis (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...
flavipinnis (Latin): yellow-winged, yellow-feathered
Definitions
- yellow-winged, yellow-feathered
Ancestry of “flavipinnis”, step by step
flavipinnis 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 Pinna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | Pinna | A city of the Vestini situated on the eastern slope of the Apennines, now the town of Penne |
| 2 | Latin | penna | wing; feather, especially a flight-feather;... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | petnā | feather; wing |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | péth₂r̥ | wing; feather |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | peth₂- | to spread out; to fly |