Where does “nimravid” come from?
nimravid (English) comes from Translingual Nimravidae, from Latin avus, from Proto-Celtic abū, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ep- — water, body of water.
nimravid (English): Any of the large extinct feliforms of the family...
Definitions
- Any of the large extinct feliforms of the family...
Ancestry of “nimravid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Translingual | Nimravidae | — |
| 2 | Latin | avus | grandfather; an ancestor, a progenitor, a... |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | abū | river |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ep- | water, body of water |