Meanings
adjectiveamphicontinental (not comparable)
- not comparableOn both sides of a continent (but not in the middle)
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂m̥bʰi
- Ancient Greekἀμφίς (amphís)
- Englishamphi-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Proto-Indo-European*ten-
- Proto-Indo-European*tn̥eh₁yéti
- Proto-Italic*tenēō
- Latinteneō
- Latincontineō
- Latincontinens
- Englishcontinent
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishcontinental
- Englishamphicontinental
From amphi- + continental.
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