Where does “-caris” come from?

-caris (Translingual) comes from Latin caris, from Ancient Greek καρίς, from Ancient Greek κάραβος — a kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a...

-caris (Translingual): Used to form taxonomic names of shrimp-like copepods, principally carideans

Definitions

  1. Used to form taxonomic names of shrimp-like copepods, principally carideans

Ancestry of “-caris”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincariskind of crustacean, possibly the sea-crab or the...
2Ancient Greekκαρίςshrimp, prawn
3Ancient Greekκάραβοςa kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a...

Words derived from “-caris”

Every word from Ancient Greek κάραβος →Every word from Ancient Greek καρίς →Every word from Latin caris →