Where does “Cyclopsitta” come from?
Cyclopsitta (Translingual) comes from Translingual -psitta, from Latin psittacus, from Ancient Greek ψιττακός — parrot.
Ancestry of “Cyclopsitta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Translingual | -psitta | A parrot with the feature indicated in a prefix... |
| 2 | Latin | psittacus | A parrot |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ψιττακός | parrot |