Where does “Megascops” come from?

Megascops (Translingual) comes from Translingual mega-, from Ancient Greek μέγας, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s — great.

Megascops (Translingual): genus

Definitions

  1. genus

Ancestry of “Megascops”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Translingualmega-Used with taxon names to form other taxon names,...
2Ancient Greekμέγαςbig, large; great, mighty, loud; marvelous,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s →Every word from Ancient Greek μέγας →Every word from Translingual mega- →
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