Where does “Cervinae” come from?

Cervinae (Translingual) comes from Translingual Cervus, from Latin cervus, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

Cervinae (Translingual): subfamily in English (even though that term is a misnomer)}}

Definitions

  1. subfamily in English (even though that term is a misnomer)}}

Ancestry of “Cervinae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualCervusgenus
2Latincervusdeer, stag; forked stakes; cheval de frise
3Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
4Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Latin cervus →