Where does “Pelagia” come from?

Pelagia (Italian) comes from Latin Pelagia, from Ancient Greek Πελαγία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Pelagia (Italian): any jellyfish of the Pelagia taxonomic genus

Definitions

  1. any jellyfish of the Pelagia taxonomic genus

Ancestry of “Pelagia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinPelagia—
2Ancient GreekΠελαγία—
3Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ →Every word from Ancient Greek Πελαγία →