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septate en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

Etymology tree English septum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English septate From septum + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of, pertaining to, or divided by a septum.
    • Ascodesmis is a third type which might be derived either directly or through the erysiphaceous type from an endomycetous ancestor; the antheridium and oogonium are but little differentiated, but the latter is furnished with a trichogyne and becomes septate after fertilization; the ascogenous hyphae are few and the sheath simple. 2010, Helen Gwynne-Vaughan, Fungi: Ascomycetes, Ustilaginales, Uredinales, page 54:

Deriveds

unseptate · uniseptate · dictyoseptate · triseptate · aseptate · biseptate · quinqueseptate · angustiseptate · quadriseptate · eseptate · euseptate · nonseptate · subseptate · multiseptate · distoseptate · semiseptate

Translations (1)

pt septado (having a septum)

septate en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

From septum + -ate (verb-forming suffix) or back-formation from septation.

Meanings

  1. To form a septation.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
septating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
septates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
septated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
septated Tense=Past lexicographic