Where does “locustella” come from?

locustella (English) comes from Latin locusta, from Proto-Indo-European lēk- — string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...

locustella (English): A bird, the European cricket warbler

Definitions

  1. A bird, the European cricket warbler

Ancestry of “locustella”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlocustalocust, grasshopper; crustacean, marine...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlēk-string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lēk- →Every word from Latin locusta →
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