Where does “cerambycine” come from?

cerambycine (English) comes from Translingual Cerambycinae, from Translingual -inae, from Latin -īnae.

cerambycine (English): Any longhorn beetle of the subfamily Cerambycinae

Definitions

  1. Any longhorn beetle of the subfamily Cerambycinae

Ancestry of “cerambycine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualCerambycinaesubfamily
2Translingual-inae—
3Latin-īnae—
Every word from Latin -īnae →Every word from Translingual -inae →Every word from Translingual Cerambycinae →