Where does “cyrtochoanite” come from?

cyrtochoanite (English) comes from English choanite, from Ancient Greek χοάνη, from Ancient Greek χέω, from Ancient Greek χείω, from Proto-Hellenic kʰéyyō.

cyrtochoanite (English): A cyrtochoanitic organism

Definitions

  1. A cyrtochoanitic organism

Ancestry of “cyrtochoanite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchoaniteA spongiform fossil of the historical genus Choanites, thought to resemble a petrified sea-anemone
2Ancient Greekχοάνηfunnel; infundibulum, choana
3Ancient GreekχέωI pour; I scatter, shed
4Ancient Greekχείω—
5Proto-Hellenic kʰéyyō—
Every word from Proto-Hellenic kʰéyyō →Every word from Ancient Greek χείω →Every word from Ancient Greek χέω →