Where does “Anguilloidei” come from?

Anguilloidei (Translingual) comes from Translingual Anguilla, from Latin anguilla, from Proto-Italic *anɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éngʷʰis — snake.

Anguilloidei (Translingual): suborder

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Ancestry of “Anguilloidei”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualAnguillagenus
2Latinanguillaeel; small snake; vocative singular of anguilla
3Proto-Italic*anɣʷissnake
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éngʷʰissnake
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éngʷʰis →Every word from Proto-Italic *anɣʷis →Every word from Latin anguilla →