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Where does “ihtiologă” come from?

ihtiologă (Romanian) comes from Romanian ihtiolog, from French ichtyologue, from French ichtyo-, from Ancient Greek ἰχθύς, from Ancient Greek ἀετός, from Proto-Hellenic ayyetós, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewyetós, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éwis — bird.

ihtiologă (Romanian): female equivalent of ihtiolog

Definitions

  1. female equivalent of ihtiolog

Ancestry of “ihtiologă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianihtiologichthyologist
2Frenchichtyologueichthyologist
3Frenchichtyo-—
4Ancient Greekἰχθύςfish
5Ancient Greekἀετόςeagle; the constellation Aquila; omen
6Proto-Hellenicayyetós—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewyetós—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éwisbird
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