Where does “intermaxilar” come from?
intermaxilar (Romanian) comes from French intermaxillaire, from French maxillaire, from Latin maxillāris, from Latin maxilla, from Latin -illa, from Latin -illus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
intermaxilar (Romanian): intermaxillary
Definitions
- intermaxillary
Ancestry of “intermaxilar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | intermaxillaire | intermaxillary |
| 2 | French | maxillaire | maxillary; maxilla |
| 3 | Latin | maxillāris | of or pertaining to the jaw; maxillary |
| 4 | Latin | maxilla | jaw, jawbone, bone of the upper jaw; lower part... |
| 5 | Latin | -illa | inflection of -illus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 6 | Latin | -illus | Used to form adjectives from nouns |
| 7 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |