Where does “crab-like rove beetle” come from?
crab-like rove beetle (English) comes from English rove beetle, from English Rove, from English rōw, from English roll, from Middle English rolle, from Old French rolle, from Medieval Latin rotulus, from Latin rotula — ingot.
crab-like rove beetle (English): Any rove beetle in the subfamily Tachyporinae
Definitions
- Any rove beetle in the subfamily Tachyporinae
Ancestry of “crab-like rove beetle”, step by step
crab-like rove beetle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English rove beetle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rove beetle | Any of various carnivorous or scavenging beetles of the family Staphylinidae that are often found in decaying matter and have slender bodies and short wing covers |
| 2 | English | Rove | To shoot with arrows (at) |
| 3 | English | rōw | A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc |
| 4 | English | roll | To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to... |
| 5 | Middle English | rolle | — |
| 6 | Old French | rolle | registration |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | rotulus | a roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a... |
| 8 | Latin | rotula | a small wheel; roll |
| 9 | Arabic | رَطْل | — |
| 10 | Classical Syriac | ܪܝܛܠܐ | — |
| 11 | Classical Syriac | ܠܝܛܪܐ | libra, pound |
| 12 | French | litre | litre |
| 13 | Medieval Latin | litra | — |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | λίτρα | litra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of... |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | *līðrā | ingot |
via English crab-like
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | crab-like | — |