Where does “Trochilinae” come from?

Trochilinae (Translingual) comes from Translingual Trochilus, from Latin Trochilus, from Ancient Greek τροχίλος, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́λος, from Proto-Hellenic *-illos, from Proto-Indo-European *-illos.

Trochilinae (Translingual): subfamily

Definitions

  1. subfamily

Ancestry of “Trochilinae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualTrochilusgenus
2LatinTrochilusA kind of small bird
3Ancient GreekτροχίλοςEgyptian plover; Eurasian wren; hollow between...
4Ancient Greek-ῐ́λοςA noun-forming suffix, often forming nouns denoting concrete objects
5Proto-Hellenic*-illos—
6Proto-Indo-European*-illos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-illos →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́λος →Every word from Ancient Greek τροχίλος →