Where does “bombyx chinois du chêne” come from?

bombyx chinois du chêne (French) comes from French chinois, from French -ois, from Old French -ois, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.

bombyx chinois du chêne (French): Antheraea pernyi

Definitions

  1. Antheraea pernyi

Ancestry of “bombyx chinois du chêne”, step by step

bombyx chinois du chêne traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French chinois

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchchinoisChinese; Greek
2French-oisUsed to form adjectives related to a particular...
3Old French-oisused to form nationalities; used to form names of...
4Latin-ensisOf or from
5Latinarvumfield; farm land
6Latincolōto cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden
7Latinquelō
8Proto-Italickʷelōto inhabit
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

via French chêne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchêneoak tree, oak tree
2Middle Frenchchesneoak
3Old Frenchchesneoak
4Vulgar Latincassanus
5Gaulishkassanos

via French bombyx

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbombyxbombyx
2Latinbombyxsilkworm
3Ancient Greekβόμβυξsilkworm; garment made of silk; deeptoned flute
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel-
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