Where does “Tenebrio” come from?

Tenebrio (Translingual) comes from Latin tenebrio, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

Tenebrio (Translingual): genus

Definitions

  1. genus

Ancestry of “Tenebrio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatintenebrioOne who shuns the light, trickster, swindler
2Latin-iō—
3Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
6Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “Tenebrio”

Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Latin -iō →
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