Where does “Necator” come from?

Necator (Translingual) comes from Latin necator, from Latin necō, from Latin nex, from Proto-Italic neks, from Proto-Indo-European neḱs, from Proto-Indo-European neḱ- — to perish, disappear.

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Definitions

  1. genus|certain fungi}}

Ancestry of “Necator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnecatormurderer, killer; second-person singular future...
2Latinnecōto kill, murder (especially without physical wounding such as by poison or hunger)
3Latinnexmurder, slaughter, killing; violent death
4Proto-Italicneksdeath, slaughter
5Proto-Indo-Europeanneḱsdeath
6Proto-Indo-Europeanneḱ-to perish, disappear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European neḱ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European neḱsEvery word from Proto-Italic neks
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