Where does “Tephritis” come from?

Tephritis (Translingual) comes from Latin tephritis, from Ancient Greek τεφρῖτις, from Ancient Greek τέφρα, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.

Tephritis (Translingual): genus

Definitions

  1. genus

Ancestry of “Tephritis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatintephritisAn ash-colored kind of precious stone
2Ancient Greekτεφρῖτις—
3Ancient Greekτέφραashes, as of the funeral pyre
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot

Words derived from “Tephritis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- →Every word from Ancient Greek τέφρα →Every word from Ancient Greek τεφρῖτις →