Where does “bissemanal” come from?

bissemanal (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese semanal, from Portuguese semana, from Old Portuguese semana, from Latin septimāna, from Latin septimānus, from Latin septimus, from Latin Septem, from Proto-Italic septem — seven.

bissemanal (Portuguese): biweekly; fortnightly occurring once every two weeks

Definitions

  1. biweekly; fortnightly occurring once every two weeks

Ancestry of “bissemanal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesesemanalweekly
2Portuguesesemanaweek
3Old Portuguesesemana—
4Latinseptimānaweek
5Latinseptimānusof or pertaining to the seventh in a series
6Latinseptimusseventh
7LatinSeptemseven; 7
8Proto-Italicseptemseven
9Proto-Indo-Europeanseptḿ̥seven

Words derived from “bissemanal”

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