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Where does “-oida” come from?

-oida (Translingual) comes from Translingual -a, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

Ancestry of “-oida”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Translingual-aUsed to create genus names from proper nouns;...
2Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
3Proto-Italic-ā—
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “-oida”

  • Spatangoida
  • Myoida
  • Euglenoida
  • Argonautoida
  • Ostreoida
  • Pterioida
  • Veneroida
  • Mytiloida
  • Cyclopoida
  • Gordioida
  • Arbacioida
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →