Where does “Musteloidea” come from?

Musteloidea (Translingual) comes from Translingual Mustela, from Latin mūstēla, from Latin mūs, from Proto-Italic mūs, from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s — mouse.

Musteloidea (Translingual): superfamily

Definitions

  1. superfamily

Ancestry of “Musteloidea”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualMustelagenus
2Latinmūstēla—
3Latinmūsa mouse; a rat (the European black rat (Rattus rattus))
4Proto-Italicmūsmouse
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s →Every word from Proto-Italic mūs →Every word from Latin mūs →