Where does “biremă” come from?

biremă (Romanian) comes from French birème, from Latin biremis, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

biremă (Romanian): Bireme

Definitions

  1. Bireme

Ancestry of “biremă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbirèmebireme
2Latinbiremishaving two banks of oars; bireme
3Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
4Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
5Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -is →Every word from Latin -a →