Where does “Microcitrus” come from?

Microcitrus (Translingual) comes from Translingual Citrus, from Latin cī̆trus, from Greek κέδρος, from Ancient Greek κέδρος — cedar; anything made of cedar-wood; cedar-oil.

Microcitrus (Translingual): genus; finger limes and round limes, a separate genus in the system of Walter Tennyson Swingle}}

Definitions

  1. genus; finger limes and round limes, a separate genus in the system of Walter Tennyson Swingle}}

Ancestry of “Microcitrus”, step by step

Microcitrus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Translingual Citrus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualCitrusgenus
2Latincī̆truscitron tree
3Greekκέδροςcedar
4Ancient Greekκέδροςcedar; anything made of cedar-wood; cedar-oil

via Translingual micro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Translingualmicro
2Latinleō
3Ancient GreekΛέωνlion
4Ancient Greekλέωνlion; Leo, the zodiacal sign; lionheart, savage
Every word from Ancient Greek κέδρος