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Where does “megalodontia” come from?

megalodontia (English) comes from English -odontia, from English -ia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

megalodontia (English): The condition of having proportionately oversized...

Definitions

  1. The condition of having proportionately oversized...

Ancestry of “megalodontia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-odontia
2English-iaUsed in forming names of countries, diseases,...
3Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
4Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
5Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →