Where does “foraminosus” come from?

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

foraminosus (Latin): full of holes

Definitions

  1. full of holes

Ancestry of “foraminosus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinforāmenan opening or aperture produced by boring; a hole
2Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
3Proto-Italic*-mn̥—

Words derived from “foraminosus”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →Every word from Latin -men →Every word from Latin forāmen →