Where does “Barbinae” come from?
Barbinae (Translingual) comes from Translingual Barbus, from Latin barbus, from Latin barba, from Latin farba, from Proto-Italic farβā, from Proto-Indo-European bʰardʰéh₂ — beard.
Barbinae (Translingual): subfamily
Definitions
- subfamily
Ancestry of “Barbinae”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | Barbus | genus|many fish resembling barbs and barbels, now being assigned to genera, mostly in Barbinae, especially Puntius}} |
| 2 | Latin | barbus | barbel |
| 3 | Latin | barba | beard; wool, down on a plant; Alternative form of... |
| 4 | Latin | farba | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | farβā | beard |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰardʰéh₂ | beard |