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Where does “squamate” come from?

squamate (English) comes from taxonomic name ''Squamata'', from Latin squamatus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

squamate (English): Covered in scales; Any reptile of the order...

Definitions

  1. Covered in scales; Any reptile of the order...

Ancestry of “squamate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1taxonomic name''Squamata''—
2Latinsquamatusscaly
3Latin-ātus—
4Proto-Italic-ātos—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →