Where does “mineralis” come from?
mineralis (Latin) comes from Latin minera, from Middle French miniere, from Middle French -ier, from Middle French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
mineralis (Latin): mineral
Definitions
- mineral
Ancestry of “mineralis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | minera | mine; vein; mineral |
| 2 | Middle French | miniere | underground passage or area |
| 3 | Middle French | -ier | Alternative form of -er |
| 4 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “mineralis”
- mineral
- mineralization
- mineralocorticoid
- mineralogist
- demineralization
- biomineralization
- remineralization
- mineralize
- minerality
- multimineral
- minerally
- mineralizable
- biomineral
- demineralizer
- nonmineral
- organomineral
- remineralize
- hypomineralization
- monomineral
- demineralize
- antimineralocorticoid
- mineralizer
- hydromineral
- hypermineralization