Where does “C-Falter” come from?

C-Falter (German) comes from German Falter, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

C-Falter (German): comma butterfly

Definitions

  1. comma butterfly

Ancestry of “C-Falter”, step by step

C-Falter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Falter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFalteran insect of the order Lepidoptera, i.e. a...
2German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
3Old High German-āriused to form agent nouns
4Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

via German C

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanC
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from German -er