Where does “caducibranchiate” come from?

caducibranchiate (English) comes from Latin caducus, from Latin -ucus, from Azerbaijani uçmaq, from Old Anatolian Turkish اوچمق, from Proto-Turkic uč- — to fly.

caducibranchiate (English): With temporary gills; applied to those amphibians...

Definitions

  1. With temporary gills; applied to those amphibians...

Ancestry of “caducibranchiate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincaducusThat falls or has fallen, falling, collapsing,...
2Latin-ucusused to form the names of certain plants
3Azerbaijaniuçmaqto fly
4Old Anatolian Turkishاوچمقto fly, to travel through the air without being in contact with a grounded surface
5Proto-Turkicuč-to fly
Every word from Proto-Turkic uč- →Every word from Latin -ucus →Every word from Latin caducus →