Where does “flavifrons” come from?

flavifrons (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...

flavifrons (Latin): having a yellow front, or a yellow mark on the...

Definitions

  1. having a yellow front, or a yellow mark on the...

Ancestry of “flavifrons”, step by step

flavifrons 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 frōns

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfrōnsa leafy branch; foliage; greenery
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰron-t-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰren-project; to project; to stand out; to project;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Latin -us →Every word from Latin palpus →