Where does “Pepsis” come from?

Pepsis (Latin) comes from Translingual Pepsis, from Ancient Greek πέψις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

Pepsis (Latin): A pepsis, a wasp of the genus Pepsis

Definitions

  1. A pepsis, a wasp of the genus Pepsis

Ancestry of “Pepsis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualPepsisgenus
2Ancient Greekπέψιςsoftening, ripening, or changing by means of...
3Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
4Ancient Greek-τιςretained after dentals
5Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →Every word from Ancient Greek -σῐς →Every word from Ancient Greek -τις →