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Where does “malacologist” come from?

malacologist (English) comes from English malacology, from French malacologie, from French malacozoologie, from Translingual Malacozoa, from Ancient Greek ζῷον, from Proto-Hellenic ďṓyyon, from Proto-Hellenic gʷyōwyon, from Proto-Indo-European gʷyeh₃w-y-om — to live.

malacologist (English): A person who studies molluscs; a specialist in...

Definitions

  1. A person who studies molluscs; a specialist in...

Ancestry of “malacologist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmalacologyThe study of molluscs
2Frenchmalacologie—
3Frenchmalacozoologie—
4TranslingualMalacozoa—
5Ancient Greekζῷονanimal, beast; form, image
6Proto-Hellenicďṓyyonanimal, creature, beast
7Proto-Hellenicgʷyōwyon—
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʷyeh₃w-y-om—
9Proto-Indo-Europeangʷíh₃wetito live, to be alive
10Proto-Indo-Europeangʷih₃wósalive, living
11Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live
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