Where does “Bipaliinae” come from?

Bipaliinae (Translingual) comes from Translingual Bipalium, from Latin bipalium, from Latin bi-, from Proto-Italic *dwi- — two, bi-, di.

Bipaliinae (Translingual): subfamily

Definitions

  1. subfamily

Ancestry of “Bipaliinae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualBipaliumgenus}}
2Latinbipaliuma double mattock
3Latinbi-having two parts; occurring twice
4Proto-Italic*dwi-two, bi-, di
Every word from Proto-Italic *dwi- →Every word from Latin bi- →Every word from Latin bipalium →