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Where does “Pleurostoma” come from?

Pleurostoma (Translingual) comes from English pleuro-, from Latin pleura, from Ancient Greek πλευρᾱ́.

Ancestry of “Pleurostoma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishpleuro-to the side; lateral; of the pleura
2Latinpleura—
3Ancient Greekπλευρᾱ́—
Every word from Ancient Greek πλευρᾱ́ →