Where does “Gelidiaceae” come from?
Gelidiaceae (English) comes from Translingual Gelidium, from Latin gelidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.
Ancestry of “Gelidiaceae”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Translingual | Gelidium | — |
| 2 | Latin | gelidus | ice-cold, icy, frosty; chilling |
| 3 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |