Where does “Tineoidea” come from?
Tineoidea (Translingual) comes from Translingual Tinea, from Latin Tinea, from Proto-Indo-European teh₂w- — to melt.
Ancestry of “Tineoidea”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Translingual | Tinea | — |
| 2 | Latin | Tinea | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | teh₂w- | to melt |