Where does “cameleonic” come from?
cameleonic (Romanian) comes from Romanian cameleon, from French caméléon, from Latin chamaeleon, from Ancient Greek χαμαιλέων, from Ancient Greek χαμαί, from Ancient Greek Χθών, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm.
cameleonic (Romanian): chameleonic
Definitions
- chameleonic
Ancestry of “cameleonic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | cameleon | chameleon |
| 2 | French | caméléon | chameleon |
| 3 | Latin | chamaeleon | chameleon; carline thistle |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | χαμαιλέων | chameleon; type of plant, so called because of... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | χαμαί | on the earth, near the ground; to the... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Χθών | the Earth, personified as a goddess |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |