Where does “biconcavitate” come from?
biconcavitate (Romanian) comes from Romanian biconcav, from French biconcave, from French concave, from Old French concave, from Latin concavus, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
biconcavitate (Romanian): biconcavity
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- biconcavity
Ancestry of “biconcavitate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | biconcav | biconcave |
| 2 | French | biconcave | biconcave |
| 3 | French | concave | concave |
| 4 | Old French | concave | — |
| 5 | Latin | concavus | concave, hollow; vaulted, arched |
| 6 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 7 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |