Where does “ichnospecies” come from?
ichnospecies (English) comes from English species, from English specie, from English Species, from Latin speciēs, from Latin speciō, from Proto-Italic spekjō, from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.
ichnospecies (English): Any species known only from trace fossils, such...
Definitions
- Any species known only from trace fossils, such...
Ancestry of “ichnospecies”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | species | Type or kind; An image, an appearance, a... |
| 2 | English | specie | Type or kind, in various uses of the phrase in... |
| 3 | English | Species | A type or kind. Compare |
| 4 | Latin | speciēs | seeing, view, look |
| 5 | Latin | speciō | to observe, watch, look at |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | spekjō | to observe, to see |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |