Where does “squamate” come from?

squamate (Latin) comes from Latin squamatus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

squamate (Latin): vocative masculine singular of squāmātus

Definitions

  1. vocative masculine singular of squāmātus

Ancestry of “squamate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsquamatusscaly
2Latin-ātused
3Proto-Italic-ātos—
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Latin squamatus →
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