Where does “Mesocricetus” come from?

Mesocricetus (Translingual) comes from Translingual Cricetus, from Czech křeček, from Czech -ek, from Old Czech -ek.

Mesocricetus (Translingual): genus

Definitions

  1. genus

Ancestry of “Mesocricetus”, step by step

Mesocricetus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Translingual Cricetus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualCricetusgenus of hamsters
2Czechkřečekhamster
3Czech-ekforms masculine diminutive nouns
4Old Czech-ek—

via Translingual meso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Translingualmeso—
Every word from Old Czech -ek →Every word from Czech -ek →Every word from Czech křeček →