Where does “Cercopithecidae” come from?
Cercopithecidae (Translingual) comes from Translingual Cercopithecus, from Ancient Greek κερκοπίθηκος, from Ancient Greek πίθηκος, from Ancient Greek Ἄνθρωπος, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Ancestry of “Cercopithecidae”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Translingual | Cercopithecus | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | κερκοπίθηκος | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πίθηκος | ape, monkey; trickster, jackanapes; dwarf |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ἄνθρωπος | — |
| 5 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 6 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |