Etymograph

English

longipennate

Longipennate comes from English penna ‘a wing’.

  1. English1500–presentpenna‘a wing’
  2. Englishtodaylongipennate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. English1500–presentpenna‘a wing’
  2. Englishtodaylongipennate

A compound of longus ‘long’ + pennate

Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos ‘long’

Proto-Italic *(d)longos ‘long’

New Latin longus ‘long’

English longus

Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- ‘to fly’

Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- ‘feather, wing’

Proto-Italic *petnā ‘feather’

Latin penna ‘feather, wing’

Latin pennātus ‘winged’

English pennate

Every English word from English penna

Today it means

adj Having long wings or quills

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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