Where does “gliriform” come from?

gliriform (English) comes from Latin glis, from Proto-Indo-European *gley-.

gliriform (English): Relating to or resembling animals of the clade...

Definitions

  1. Relating to or resembling animals of the clade...

Ancestry of “gliriform”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinglisdormouse; A tenacious kind of earth
2Proto-Indo-European*gley-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *gley-