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dhē(i)- To suck. Oldest form *dheh1(i)‑, becoming *dhē(i)‑. Derivatives include female, fawn2, fetus, fennel, and affiliate.- Suffixed reduced form *dhē-mnā‑. female, feminine, femme; effeminate, from Latin fēmina, woman (< "she who suckles").
- Suffixed reduced form *dhē-to‑. fawn2, fetal, fetus; effete, feticide, superfetate, from Latin fētus, pregnancy, childbearing, offspring, with adjective fētus, fēta, pregnant.
- Suffixed reduced form *dhē-kwondo‑. fecund, from Latin fēcundus, fruitful.
- Suffixed reduced form *dhē-no‑. fennel, finochio; fenugreek, sainfoin, from Latin fēnum, faenum, hay (< "produce").
- Probably suffixed zero-grade form *dhī-lyo‑ (< *dhiə-lyo‑) filial, filiation, fils1; affiliate, hidalgo, from Latin fīlius, son, and fīlia, daughter (but these are conceivably from the root bheuə-).
- Suffixed reduced form *dhē-lo‑. fellatio, from Latin fēlāre, fellāre, to suck.
- Suffixed reduced form *dhē-l-īk‑. felicitate, felicity; felicific, infelicity, from Latin fēlīx, fruitful, fertile, lucky, happy.
- Suffixed reduced form *dhē-lā‑. endothelium, epithelium, mesothelium, from Greek thēlē, nipple.
- Suffixed reduced form *dhē-l-u‑. theelin, from Greek thēlus, female.
[Pokorny dhē(i)‑ 241.] |
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