bifurcate
English
/ˈbʌɪ.fək.eɪt/, /baɪˈfɝ.kɪt/, /ˈbaɪ.fɚˌkeɪt/
adj
Definitions
- Divided or forked into two; bifurcated.
- Having bifurcations.
Etymology
Derived from Latin bifurcātus, furca (pitchfork, fork, forked stake, also gallows, beam, yoke, support post, stake, two-pronged fork) + Latin en (the name of the letter N, I recreate refresh, I renew restore)+ Latin en (the name of the letter N, I recreate refresh, I renew restore).
Origin
Latin
en
Gloss
the name of the letter N, I recreate refresh, I renew restore
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bifurcately English
- bifurcation English
- bifurcational English
- bifurcative English
- bifurcator English
- fork English
- furciform English
- lumbrical English
- postbifurcation English
- prebifurcation English
- *bifurcāre Latin
- *furcatūra Latin
- *infurcāre Latin
- *infurcō Latin
- bifurcātus Latin
- burgensis Latin
- en Latin
- furca Latin
- furcatus Latin
- furcifer Latin
- furcilla Latin
- furcula Latin
- redintegro Latin
- enne Italian
- forca Italian
- forqueta Spanish, Castilian
- horca Spanish, Castilian
- *ǵʰerk(ʷ)- Proto-Indo-European
- *furkô Proto-Germanic
- *furkǭ Proto-Germanic
- forkr Old Norse
- forca Catalan, Valencian
- forcado Galician
- furco Galician
- furcă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- forc Old Irish
- fourque Norman
- furka Old Dutch
- forca Old Portuguese
- furcã Aromanian
- fuorcha Romansh
- fuortga Romansh
- furtga Romansh
- forcje Friulian
- furke Old Frisian
- forca Old Spanish
- furchetta Sicilian
- forque xno
- fórca Ligurian
- fuarca Dalmatian
- *forx Proto-Brythonic
- forque ONF.