Where does “neotropicalis” come from?

neotropicalis (Latin) comes from Latin tropicalis, from Latin tropicus, from Ancient Greek τροπικός, from Ancient Greek τροπή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

neotropicalis (Latin): A specific epithet for neotropical organisms

Definitions

  1. A specific epithet for neotropical organisms

Ancestry of “neotropicalis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatintropicalisA specific epithet for many tropical organisms
2Latintropicustropical
3Ancient Greekτροπικόςof or pertaining to a turn or change; of or...
4Ancient Greekτροπήa turning; turning away the enemy, a rout;...
5Ancient Greeksuffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
6Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from Ancient Greek Every word from Ancient Greek τροπή
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