Where does “Leptotrombidium” come from?

Leptotrombidium (Translingual) comes from Ancient Greek λεπτός, from Ancient Greek -τός, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

Leptotrombidium (Translingual): genus

Definitions

  1. genus

Ancestry of “Leptotrombidium”, step by step

Leptotrombidium traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek λεπτός

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekλεπτόςpeeled, husked; fine-grained; thin, lean
2Ancient Greek-τόςcreates verbal adjectives of possibility, either...
3Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

via Italian tromba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantrombatrumpet; horn; bugler
2Frankishtrumbatrumpet, pipe; trumpet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →Every word from Ancient Greek -τός →Every word from Ancient Greek λεπτός →