Where does “ephemeropteran” come from?

ephemeropteran (English) comes from English -án, from Middle English -an.

ephemeropteran (English): Any insect of the order Ephemeroptera, the...

Definitions

  1. Any insect of the order Ephemeroptera, the...

Ancestry of “ephemeropteran”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ánOf or pertaining to;. Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a
2Middle English-an—
Every word from Middle English -an →Every word from English -án →