Where does “Merops” come from?

Merops (Translingual) comes from Latin merops, from Ancient Greek μέροψ, from Ancient Greek μέρος, from Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros.

Merops (Translingual): bee-eaters

Definitions

  1. bee-eaters

Ancestry of “Merops”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmerops—
2Ancient Greekμέροψepithet of men; bee-eater
3Ancient Greekμέροςpart, component, region; share, portion; one's...
4Proto-Hellenic*(h)méros—

Words derived from “Merops”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros →Every word from Ancient Greek μέρος →Every word from Ancient Greek μέροψ →
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