Where does “microcrustacean” come from?
microcrustacean (English) comes from English crustacean, from English -an, from Italian -ana, from Spanish -ana, from Latin -ana, from Latin -anus, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om.
microcrustacean (English): A very small crustacean
Definitions
- A very small crustacean
Ancestry of “microcrustacean”, step by step
microcrustacean traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English crustacean
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | crustacean | Any arthropod of the subphylum "Crustacea",... |
| 2 | English | -an | Of or pertaining to; |
| 3 | Italian | -ana | -an, -y |
| 4 | Spanish | -ana | feminine singular of -ano |
| 5 | Latin | -ana | inflection of -ānus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 6 | Latin | -anus | Of or pertaining to; -ian |
| 7 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |