Where does “Anguinae” come from?

Anguinae (Translingual) comes from Translingual Anguis, from Latin anguis, from Proto-Italic *anɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éngʷʰis — snake.

Anguinae (Translingual): subfamily

Definitions

  1. subfamily

Ancestry of “Anguinae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualAnguisgenus
2Latinanguissnake, serpent, dragon
3Proto-Italic*anɣʷissnake
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éngʷʰissnake
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éngʷʰis →Every word from Proto-Italic *anɣʷis →Every word from Latin anguis →
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