Where does “unionid” come from?

unionid (English) comes from Translingual Unionidae, from Latin ūniō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

unionid (English): Any member of the family Unionidae of bivalves

Definitions

  1. Any member of the family Unionidae of bivalves

Ancestry of “unionid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualUnionidaefamily
2Latinūniōa unity, union
3Latin-iō—
4Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
7Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Latin -iō →