Where does “Mammillaria candida” come from?

Mammillaria candida (Translingual) comes from Translingual Mammillaria, from Latin mamilla, from Latin mamma, from Latin ferō, from Proto-Italic ferō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéreti, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- — shiny, light brown.

Mammillaria candida (Translingual): species whose thorns cover so much of its surface that its surface is obscured, thus seeming to be white}}

Definitions

  1. species whose thorns cover so much of its surface that its surface is obscured, thus seeming to be white}}

Ancestry of “Mammillaria candida”, step by step

Mammillaria candida traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Translingual Mammillaria

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualMammillariagenus
2Latinmamillabreast; nipple, teat
3Latinmammaa breast; an udder; a pap; a teat, a dug
4Latinferōto bear; to carry
5Proto-Italicferōcarry, bear
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéretito be carrying
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēr-shiny, light brown

via Translingual [[candidus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Translingual[[candidus—

via Translingual candida]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Translingualcandida]]—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰéreti →Every word from Proto-Italic ferō →