Where does “pithecium” come from?
pithecium (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek πιθήκιον, from Ancient Greek πίθηκος, from Ancient Greek Ἄνθρωπος, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
pithecium (Latin): a little ape; a kind of flower, possibly...
Definitions
- a little ape; a kind of flower, possibly...
Ancestry of “pithecium”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | πιθήκιον | pithecium, little ape; weight hung between two... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | πίθηκος | ape, monkey; trickster, jackanapes; dwarf |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Ἄνθρωπος | human being; person (as differentiated from gods, beasts, etc.) |
| 4 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 5 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |