Where does “grass assassin bug” come from?
grass assassin bug (English) comes from English grass, from Middle English gras, from Old English græs, from Proto-West Germanic gras, from Proto-Germanic grasą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- — to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow.
grass assassin bug (English): Any of the genus Lopodytes of assassin bugs
Definitions
- Any of the genus Lopodytes of assassin bugs
Ancestry of “grass assassin bug”, step by step
grass assassin bug traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English grass
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | grass | Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by... |
| 2 | Middle English | gras | A grass; Any plant; especially a herbaceous one;... |
| 3 | Old English | græs | grass |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | gras | grass |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | grasą | grass |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰreh₁- | to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow |
via English assassin bug
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | assassin bug | Any true bug from the subfamily Reduviinae of the family Reduviidae, all of which eat other insects. They can inflict a very painful bite, but don't cause disease |
| 2 | English | Bug | A Volkswagen Beetle car; A Bugatti car |
| 3 | English | bugge | beetle |
| 4 | Middle English | bugge | bogy, hobgoblin, bugbear; scarecrow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bugja- | swollen up, thick |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |