Where does “Pulicoidea” come from?
Pulicoidea (Translingual) comes from Translingual Pulex, from Latin pūlex, from Proto-Indo-European *plus-.
Ancestry of “Pulicoidea”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Translingual | Pulex | — |
| 2 | Latin | pūlex | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *plus- | — |