Where does “Etheostomatinae” come from?
Etheostomatinae (Translingual) comes from Translingual Etheostoma, from Translingual -stoma, from Ancient Greek στόμα, from Proto-Indo-European stomn̥.
Ancestry of “Etheostomatinae”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Translingual | Etheostoma | — |
| 2 | Translingual | -stoma | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | στόμα | mouth; face; The source of a river or stream |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | stomn̥ | — |