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Where does “ektoparasiitti” come from?

ektoparasiitti (Finnish) comes from Finnish parasiitti, from Latin parasītus, from Ancient Greek παράσιτος, from Ancient Greek παρά, from Latin verēdus, from Gaulish werēdos, from Proto-Celtic *uɸoreidos.

ektoparasiitti (Finnish): ectoparasite

Definitions

  1. ectoparasite

Ancestry of “ektoparasiitti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishparasiittiparasite
2Latinparasītus—
3Ancient Greekπαράσιτοςone who eats at the table of another, parasite;...
4Ancient Greekπαρά
5Latinverēdus—
6Gaulishwerēdoshorse
7Proto-Celtic*uɸoreidos—
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