Where does “Teleostei” come from?

Teleostei (Translingual) comes from Ancient Greek τέλεος, from Ancient Greek τέλος, from Ancient Greek μέρος, from Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros.

Teleostei (Translingual): Most of the ray-finned fishes

Definitions

  1. Most of the ray-finned fishes

Ancestry of “Teleostei”, step by step

Teleostei traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek τέλεος

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekτέλεοςgenitive singular of τέλος; complete
2Ancient Greekτέλοςcompletion, accomplishment, fulfillment,...
3Ancient Greekμέροςpart, component, region; share, portion; one's...
4Proto-Hellenic*(h)méros—

via Ancient Greek τέλειος

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekτέλειοςhaving reached its end, finished; perfect,...
2Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
3Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via Ancient Greek ὀστέον

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekὀστέονbone; bones of the earth = rock; stone of fruit
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ésth₁bone

Words derived from “Teleostei”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros →Every word from Ancient Greek μέρος →Every word from Ancient Greek τέλος →