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Where does “coccinellid” come from?

coccinellid (English) comes from Translingual Coccinellidae, from Translingual Coccinella, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

coccinellid (English): Any species of the ladybird family Coccinellidae

Definitions

  1. Any species of the ladybird family Coccinellidae

Ancestry of “coccinellid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualCoccinellidae—
2TranslingualCoccinella—
3Latin-ellainflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative...
4Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
6Proto-Italic-olos—
7Proto-Italic-elos—
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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