Where does “Trocholitidae” come from?

Trocholitidae (Latin) comes from Latin Trochilus, from Ancient Greek τροχίλος, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́λος, from Proto-Hellenic *-illos, from Proto-Indo-European *-illos.

Ancestry of “Trocholitidae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinTrochilusA kind of small bird
2Ancient GreekτροχίλοςEgyptian plover; Eurasian wren; hollow between...
3Ancient Greek-ῐ́λοςA noun-forming suffix, often forming nouns denoting concrete objects
4Proto-Hellenic*-illos—
5Proto-Indo-European*-illos—

Words derived from “Trocholitidae”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-illos →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́λος →Every word from Ancient Greek τροχίλος →