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Where does “pythiaceous” come from?

pythiaceous (English) comes from Translingual Pythiaceae, from Translingual -aceae, from Latin -āceae.

pythiaceous (English): Belonging to the family Pythiaceae of water molds

Definitions

  1. Belonging to the family Pythiaceae of water molds

Ancestry of “pythiaceous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualPythiaceae—
2Translingual-aceae—
3Latin-āceae—
Every word from Latin -āceae →