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Where does “Delphinoidea” come from?

Delphinoidea (Translingual) comes from Translingual Delphinus, from Latin delphīnus, from Ancient Greek δελφίν, from Ancient Greek δελφύς, from Proto-Indo-European gʷelbʰ- — the womb.

Ancestry of “Delphinoidea”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualDelphinus—
2Latindelphīnus—
3Ancient Greekδελφίν—
4Ancient Greekδελφύςthe womb
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷelbʰ-the womb
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