Where does “Myrmecocephalus” come from?

Myrmecocephalus (Translingual) comes from Translingual -cephalus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Myrmecocephalus (Translingual): Certain rove beetles which have a similar appearance to ants

Definitions

  1. Certain rove beetles which have a similar appearance to ants

Ancestry of “Myrmecocephalus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Translingual-cephalushead
2Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
3Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
4Proto-Italic-os—
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Latin -us →Every word from Translingual -cephalus →