Where does “Tegulinae” come from?

Tegulinae (Translingual) comes from Translingual Tegula, from Latin tēgula, from Latin tegō, from Proto-Italic tegō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

Tegulinae (Translingual): subfamily

Definitions

  1. subfamily

Ancestry of “Tegulinae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualTegulagenus
2Latintēgulaa large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex
3Latintegōto cover; to clothe
4Proto-Italictegōcover
5Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg-Every word from Proto-Italic tegōEvery word from Latin tegō