Where does “foraminose” come from?

foraminose (Latin) comes from Latin foraminosus, from Latin forāmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

foraminose (Latin): vocative masculine singular of forāminōsus

Definitions

  1. vocative masculine singular of forāminōsus

Ancestry of “foraminose”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinforaminosusfull of holes
2Latinforāmenan opening or aperture produced by boring; a hole
3Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
4Proto-Italic*-mn̥—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →Every word from Latin -men →Every word from Latin forāmen →