Where does “gemow” come from?

gemow (Middle English) comes from Old French gemel, from Latin gemellus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

gemow (Middle English): hinge device a door pivots on

Definitions

  1. hinge device a door pivots on

Ancestry of “gemow”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgemel—
2Latingemellustwin
3Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
4Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “gemow”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -lus →Every word from Latin gemellus →