Where does “Adiantoideae” come from?
Adiantoideae (Translingual) comes from Translingual Adiantum, from Latin adiantum, from Ancient Greek ἀδίαντον, from Ancient Greek ἀδίαντος, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
Ancestry of “Adiantoideae”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Translingual | Adiantum | — |
| 2 | Latin | adiantum | maidenhair fern |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀδίαντον | maidenhair |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀδίαντος | not wet, dry |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |