Where does “bazaltic” come from?
bazaltic (Romanian) comes from French basaltique, from French basalte, from Middle French basalte, from Late Latin basaltes, from Latin basanites, from Ancient Greek βασανίτης, from Ancient Greek -ίτης, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
bazaltic (Romanian): basaltic
Definitions
- basaltic
Ancestry of “bazaltic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | basaltique | basaltic |
| 2 | French | basalte | basalt |
| 3 | Middle French | basalte | — |
| 4 | Late Latin | basaltes | — |
| 5 | Latin | basanites | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βασανίτης | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ίτης | Suffix forming a masculine noun: one connected... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |