Where does “Pentastoma” come from?

Pentastoma (Translingual) comes from Translingual -stoma, from Ancient Greek στόμα, from Proto-Indo-European stomn̥.

Pentastoma (Translingual): Certain species resembling tongueworms

Definitions

  1. Certain species resembling tongueworms

Ancestry of “Pentastoma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Translingual-stoma—
2Ancient Greekστόμαmouth; face; The source of a river or stream
3Proto-Indo-Europeanstomn̥—

Words derived from “Pentastoma”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stomn̥ →Every word from Ancient Greek στόμα →Every word from Translingual -stoma →