Where does “flavicaudus” come from?

flavicaudus (Latin) comes from Latin flāvus, from Latin palpus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

flavicaudus (Latin): yellow-tailed

Definitions

  1. yellow-tailed

Ancestry of “flavicaudus”, step by step

flavicaudus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin flāvus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinflāvuslight(-haired), blond
2Latinpalpuspalm of the hand; feeler
3Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
4Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
5Proto-Italic-os
6Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

via Latin cauda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincaudaA tail
2Proto-Italickaudātail
3Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂udeh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ósEvery word from Latin -usEvery word from Latin palpus