Where does “neopteran” come from?

neopteran (English) comes from English -án, from Middle English -an.

neopteran (English): Any winged insect of the infraclass Neoptera

Definitions

  1. Any winged insect of the infraclass Neoptera

Ancestry of “neopteran”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ánOf or pertaining to;. Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a
2Middle English-an—
Every word from Middle English -an →Every word from English -án →