Where does “crassispondylus” come from?
crassispondylus (Latin) comes from Latin crassus, from Old Latin cartsus, from Proto-Italic kartsus, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥t-sú-s, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ-.
crassispondylus (Latin): Having thick vertebrae
Ancestry of “crassispondylus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | crassus | dense, thick, solid; fat, gross, plump;... |
| 2 | Old Latin | cartsus | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | kartsus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥t-sú-s | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 6 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | — |