Where does “Taccaceae” come from?

Taccaceae (Translingual) comes from Translingual Tacca, from Latin tacca, from Malay takah — Synonym of takok: notch, especially for climbing...

Taccaceae (Translingual): family|equivalent to the modern genus Tacca (family Dioscoreaceae; order Dioscoreales); batflower, certain arrowroot}}

Definitions

  1. family|equivalent to the modern genus Tacca (family Dioscoreaceae; order Dioscoreales); batflower, certain arrowroot}}

Ancestry of “Taccaceae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualTaccagenus and certain arrowroots}}
2Latintacca—
3MalaytakahSynonym of takok: notch, especially for climbing...
Every word from Malay takah →Every word from Latin tacca →Every word from Translingual Tacca →