Where does “Melolonthinae” come from?

Melolonthinae (Translingual) comes from Translingual Melolontha, from Ancient Greek μηλολόνθη, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.

Melolonthinae (Translingual): subfamily

Definitions

  1. subfamily

Ancestry of “Melolonthinae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualMelolonthagenus
2Ancient Greekμηλολόνθηcockchafer
3Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
4Proto-Indo-European(s)meh₁l-small animal”; small animal

Words derived from “Melolonthinae”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- →Every word from Ancient Greek μῆλον →Every word from Ancient Greek μηλολόνθη →