Where does “Tenrecinae” come from?

Tenrecinae (Translingual) comes from Translingual Tenrec, from French tanrec, from Malagasy tàndraka.

Tenrecinae (Translingual): subfamily

Definitions

  1. subfamily

Ancestry of “Tenrecinae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualTenrecgenus
2Frenchtanrectenrec
3Malagasytàndraka—
Every word from Malagasy tàndraka →Every word from French tanrec →Every word from Translingual Tenrec →