Where does “Osedax” come from?

Osedax (Translingual) comes from Latin edax, from Latin edō, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Osedax (Translingual): genus

Definitions

  1. genus

Ancestry of “Osedax”, step by step

Osedax traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin edax

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinedaxgreedy, gluttonous, rapacious, voracious,...
2Latinedōto eat
3Latin-ilis-ile
4Proto-Italic-elis—
5Proto-Indo-European-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Latin ōs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinōsmouth
2Proto-Italicōsmouth
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ésth₁bone
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin edō →