Where does “Limnoria” come from?

Limnoria (Translingual) comes from Latin -oria, from Latin -orium — suffix denoting a place for a particular function.

Limnoria (Translingual): genus|certain small crustaceans that are destructive of underwater wooden structures}}

Definitions

  1. genus|certain small crustaceans that are destructive of underwater wooden structures}}

Ancestry of “Limnoria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-oria—
2Latin-oriumsuffix denoting a place for a particular function
Every word from Latin -orium →Every word from Latin -oria →
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