Where does “Afropithecus” come from?
Afropithecus (Translingual) comes from Translingual Pithecus, from Ancient Greek πίθηκος, from Ancient Greek Ἄνθρωπος, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Afropithecus (Translingual): genus|certain extinct apes of the Miocene, 18-16 million years ago}}
Definitions
- genus|certain extinct apes of the Miocene, 18-16 million years ago}}
Ancestry of “Afropithecus”, step by step
Afropithecus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Translingual Pithecus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | Pithecus | Many taxa of primates, of varied placements and circumscriptions |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | πίθηκος | ape, monkey; trickster, jackanapes; dwarf |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Ἄνθρωπος | human being; person (as differentiated from gods, beasts, etc.) |
| 4 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 5 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |
via Translingual afro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | afro | — |