Where does “Alligatorinae” come from?
Alligatorinae (Translingual) comes from Translingual Alligator, from English alligator, from English alligater, from Spanish lagarto, from Old Spanish lagarto, from Vulgar Latin *lacartum, from Latin lacertus, from Latin lacerta — lizard; ablative singular of lacerta.
Ancestry of “Alligatorinae”, step by step