Where does “zoosystematics” come from?
zoosystematics (English) comes from English systematics, from English -ics, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine — in.
zoosystematics (English): The systematic classification of animals
Definitions
- The systematic classification of animals
Ancestry of “zoosystematics”, step by step
zoosystematics traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English systematics
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | systematics | The study of classification systems and... |
| 2 | English | -ics | Forms nouns referring to fields of knowledge or... |
| 3 | English | -ic | Used to form adjectives from nouns with the... |
| 4 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 5 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 6 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 7 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 8 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 9 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 10 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 11 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 12 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 13 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English zoo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | zoo | A park where live animals are exhibited; Any... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ζῷον | animal, beast; form, image |
| 3 | Proto-Hellenic | ďṓyyon | animal, creature, beast |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | gʷyōwyon | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷyeh₃w-y-om | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |