Where does “insectenfauna” come from?
insectenfauna (Dutch) comes from Dutch insect, from Latin īnsectum, from Latin insectus, from Ancient Greek ἔντομον, from Ancient Greek ἔντομος, from Ancient Greek ἐν-, from Ancient Greek ἐν, from Ancient Greek δέρμα — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
insectenfauna (Dutch): entomofauna, insect fauna of an area
Definitions
- entomofauna, insect fauna of an area
Ancestry of “insectenfauna”, step by step
insectenfauna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch insect
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | insect | insect, arthropod of the class "Insecta"; bug |
| 2 | Latin | īnsectum | insect |
| 3 | Latin | insectus | cut up or into, having been cut up or into;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἔντομον | masculine/feminine accusative singular of... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἔντομος | cut in pieces, cut up |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἐν- | in, within; on |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἐν | in, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | δέρμα | skin, hide |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | γλυφή | carving, carved work; hole cut |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via Dutch fauna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | fauna | fauna, the animal life inhabiting an area |
| 2 | Latin | Fauna | Roman goddess |
| 3 | Latin | Faunus | Faunus horned god of the forest, plains and fields |
| 4 | New Latin | fauna | animals |
| 5 | English | avifauna | The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting... |
| 6 | Latin | avis | a bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | awis | bird |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éwis | bird |