Where does “afodio” come from?

afodio (Italian) comes from Translingual Aphodius, from Translingual -ius, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

afodio (Italian): any insect of the Aphodius taxonomic genus

Definitions

  1. any insect of the Aphodius taxonomic genus

Ancestry of “afodio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualAphodiusgenus
2Translingual-iusLatinizing suffix
3Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
4Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Latin -ius →Every word from Proto-Italic -jōs →