Where does “Orchideengattung” come from?

Orchideengattung (German) comes from German Orchidee, from French orchidée, from New Latin Orchideae, from Latin orchis, from Ancient Greek ὄρχις, from Proto-Indo-European h₃erǵʰi- — testicle.

Orchideengattung (German): genus of orchids

Definitions

  1. genus of orchids

Ancestry of “Orchideengattung”, step by step

Orchideengattung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Orchidee

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanOrchideeorchid
2Frenchorchidéeorchid
3New LatinOrchideae—
4Latinorchisorchid; kind of olive
5Ancient Greekὄρχιςtesticle; ovary; orchid
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃erǵʰi-testicle

via German Gattung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGattunggenus; voice, gender; genre
2Middle High Germangatunge—
3Middle High Germangatento come together, to fit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃erǵʰi- →Every word from Ancient Greek ὄρχις →Every word from Latin orchis →