Where does “ungulate” come from?
ungulate (Latin) comes from Latin ungulatus, from Latin -atus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.
ungulate (Latin): vocative masculine singular of ungulātus
Definitions
- vocative masculine singular of ungulātus
Ancestry of “ungulate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | ungulatus | having hooves or claws, ungulate |
| 2 | Latin | -atus | -ed, -ate, -like; Form of -tus appended to nouns |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | — |