Where does “dipnoid” come from?

dipnoid (English) comes from Translingual Dipnoi, from Ancient Greek πνοή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

dipnoid (English): Of, or relating to, lungfishes in the subclass...

Definitions

  1. Of, or relating to, lungfishes in the subclass...

Ancestry of “dipnoid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualDipnoithe lungfishes and their extinct relatives
2Ancient Greekπνοήbreath
3Ancient Greek-ήsuffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
4Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ή →Every word from Ancient Greek -ᾱ →