Where does “Octodontoidea” come from?
Octodontoidea (Translingual) comes from Translingual Octodon, from Old English -odon, from Ancient Greek ὀδούς, from Proto-Hellenic odónts, from Proto-Indo-European h₃dónts, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.
Ancestry of “Octodontoidea”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Translingual | Octodon | — |
| 2 | Old English | -odon | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὀδούς | A tooth, tusk; anything pointed: spike, prong;... |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | odónts | tooth |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃dónts | tooth |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |