Where does “Neocopepoda” come from?
Neocopepoda (Translingual) comes from Translingual Copepoda, from Translingual -poda, from Ancient Greek πούς, from Proto-Indo-European pṓds, from Proto-Indo-European póds, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
Ancestry of “Neocopepoda”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Translingual | Copepoda | — |
| 2 | Translingual | -poda | Used to form taxonomic names of a rank higher... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πούς | foot; leg; Greek foot or pous, the ancient Greek... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |