Where does “Cercopithecus” come from?

Cercopithecus (Translingual) comes 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...

Cercopithecus (Translingual): genus

Definitions

genus

Ancestry of “Cercopithecus”, step by step

Cercopithecus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek κερκοπίθηκος

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Ancient Greek	κερκοπίθηκος	kind of longtailed ape
2	Ancient Greek	πίθηκος	ape, monkey; trickster, jackanapes; dwarf
3	Ancient Greek	Ἄνθρωπος	human being; person (as differentiated from gods, beasts, etc.)
4	Latin	-us	suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
5	Old Latin	-os	accusative masculine plural of -us
6	Proto-Italic	-os	—
7	Proto-Indo-European	-ós	Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

via Ancient Greek κερκοπῐ́θηκος

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Ancient Greek	κερκοπῐ́θηκος	longtailed ape

Words derived from “Cercopithecus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Latin -us →Every word from Ancient Greek Ἄνθρωπος →