Where does “paseriformă” come from?

paseriformă (Romanian) comes from Translingual Passeriformes, from Translingual -iformes, from Latin -fōrmis, from Latin fōrma, from Etruscan morma, from Ancient Greek μορφή — shape, form; appearance; outline.

paseriformă (Romanian): passeriform

Definitions

  1. passeriform

Ancestry of “paseriformă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualPasseriformesorder
2Translingual-iformes
3Latin-fōrmishaving the form of; -shaped
4Latinfōrmaform; figure, shape, appearance
5Etruscanmorma
6Ancient Greekμορφήshape, form; appearance; outline
Every word from Ancient Greek μορφήEvery word from Etruscan mormaEvery word from Latin fōrma
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