Where does “абиссальный” come from?
абиссальный (Russian) comes from Russian абисса́ль, from French abyssal, from Late Latin abyssalis, from Latin abyssus, from Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥- — together, one.
абиссальный (Russian): abyssal, abyssopelagic
Ancestry of “абиссальный”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | абисса́ль | — |
| 2 | French | abyssal | abyssal |
| 3 | Late Latin | abyssalis | Of, pertaining to or resembling an abyss;... |
| 4 | Latin | abyssus | an abyss |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἄβυσσος | bottomless, boundless; unfathomable; bottomless... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |