Where does “Accipitres” come from?
Accipitres (Translingual) comes from Latin accipitres, from Latin accipiter, from Latin accipio, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
Accipitres (Translingual): An obsolete order that includes rapacious birds, and now forms part of the Accipitriformes. They have a hooked bill, and sharp, strongly curved talons. There are three families, represented by the vultures, the falcons or hawks, and the owls
Definitions
- An obsolete order that includes rapacious birds, and now forms part of the Accipitriformes. They have a hooked bill, and sharp, strongly curved talons. There are three families, represented by the vultures, the falcons or hawks, and the owls
Ancestry of “Accipitres”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | accipitres | nominative plural of accipiter; accusative plural... |
| 2 | Latin | accipiter | hawk, merlin; a rapacious man |
| 3 | Latin | accipio | to receive, accept, take |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |