Where does “pterigotă” come from?

pterigotă (Romanian) comes from English pterygote, from Translingual Pterygota, from Ancient Greek πτερυγωτός — winged.

pterigotă (Romanian): pterygote

Definitions

  1. pterygote

Ancestry of “pterigotă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpterygoteAny insect of the order Pterygota
2TranslingualPterygotasubclass
3Ancient Greekπτερυγωτόςwinged
Every word from Ancient Greek πτερυγωτός →Every word from Translingual Pterygota →Every word from English pterygote →
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