Where does “ranunculacee” come from?
ranunculacee (Romanian) comes from French renonculacée, from French renoncule, from Latin rānunculus, from Latin -unculus, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos — Diminutive suffix.
ranunculacee (Romanian): Ranunculaceae
Definitions
- Ranunculaceae
Ancestry of “ranunculacee”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | renonculacée | flowering plant of the family Ranunculaceae |
| 2 | French | renoncule | buttercup |
| 3 | Latin | rānunculus | a little frog, polliwog, tadpole |
| 4 | Latin | -unculus | Suffix forming diminutive forms of nouns,... |
| 5 | Latin | -culus | Alternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-kelos | Diminutive suffix |