Where does “Asclepiadeae” come from?
Asclepiadeae (Translingual) comes from Translingual Asclepias, from Latin asclepias, from Ancient Greek ἀσκληπιάς, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön- — sound, voice.
Ancestry of “Asclepiadeae”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Translingual | Asclepias | — |
| 2 | Latin | asclepias | common swallow-wart |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀσκληπιάς | swallow-wort |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ᾰ́ς | group of |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 6 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 7 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 8 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 9 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 10 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | — |
| 11 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |