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Where does “Etheostoma” come from?

Etheostoma (Translingual) comes from Translingual -stoma, from Ancient Greek στόμα, from Proto-Indo-European stomn̥.

Ancestry of “Etheostoma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Translingual-stoma—
2Ancient Greekστόμαmouth; face; The source of a river or stream
3Proto-Indo-Europeanstomn̥—

Words derived from “Etheostoma”

  • etheostomoid
  • Etheostomatinae
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