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Where does “bipupillate” come from?

bipupillate (English) comes from English pupil, from Middle English pupille, from Old French pupille, from Latin pūpilla, from Latin pupula, from Latin pupa, from Latin pupus, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- — few, little; smallness.

bipupillate (English): Having an eyespot on the wing, with two dots...

Definitions

  1. Having an eyespot on the wing, with two dots...

Ancestry of “bipupillate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpupilA learner under the supervision of a teacher or...
2Middle Englishpupille—
3Old Frenchpupilleorphan
4Latinpūpilla—
5Latinpupulapupil; little lass
6Latinpupagirl, little girl; doll, puppet; pupa
7Latinpupusa boy, a child; a puppet; the pupil of the eye
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂w-few, little; smallness
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