Where does “Tetradecapoda” come from?
Tetradecapoda (Translingual) comes from Translingual Decapoda, from Translingual Decapodiformes, from Translingual -iformes, from Latin -fōrmis, from Latin fōrma, from Etruscan morma, from Ancient Greek μορφή — shape, form; appearance; outline.
Tetradecapoda (Translingual): group
Definitions
- group
Ancestry of “Tetradecapoda”, step by step
Tetradecapoda traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Translingual Decapoda
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | Decapoda | order |
| 2 | Translingual | Decapodiformes | superorder, the ten-limbed cephalopods}} |
| 3 | Translingual | -iformes | — |
| 4 | Latin | -fōrmis | having the form of; -shaped |
| 5 | Latin | fōrma | form; figure, shape, appearance |
| 6 | Etruscan | morma | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μορφή | shape, form; appearance; outline |
via Translingual tetra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | tetra | — |