Where does “proneptis” come from?

proneptis (Latin) comes from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

proneptis (Latin): great-granddaughter

Definitions

  1. great-granddaughter

Ancestry of “proneptis”, step by step

proneptis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin prō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinprōfor
2Latinratusconsidered, having been considered; established,...
3Latinrēōrto reckon, calculate
4Proto-Italicrēōrto reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Latin neptis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinneptisgranddaughter
2Proto-Indo-Europeannéptih₂granddaughter; niece
3Proto-Indo-European-ih₂Feminizes athematic nominal stems
4Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-
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