Where does “flavolineatus” come from?

flavolineatus (Latin) comes from Latin lineatus, from Latin līneō, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

flavolineatus (Latin): marked with yellow lines

Definitions

  1. marked with yellow lines

Ancestry of “flavolineatus”, step by step

flavolineatus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin lineatus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlineatuslined
2Latinlīneōto make straight or perpendicular
3LatinlīneaA linen thread
4Latinlīnumflax
5Proto-Italiclīnom
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

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...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnomEvery word from Proto-Italic līnomEvery word from Latin līnum