Where does “flavipennis” come from?

flavipennis (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...

flavipennis (Latin): having a yellow wing or fin, or yellow feathers

Definitions

  1. having a yellow wing or fin, or yellow feathers

Ancestry of “flavipennis”, step by step

flavipennis 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 penna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpennawing; feather, especially a flight-feather;...
2Proto-Italicpetnāfeather; wing
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpéth₂r̥wing; feather
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeth₂-to spread out; to fly
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ósEvery word from Latin -usEvery word from Latin palpus