Where does “Phrynocephalus” come from?

Phrynocephalus (Translingual) comes from Translingual -cephalus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Phrynocephalus (Translingual): genus

Definitions

  1. genus

Ancestry of “Phrynocephalus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Translingual-cephalushead
2Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
3Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
4Proto-Italic-os
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ósEvery word from Latin -usEvery word from Translingual -cephalus
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