Where does “Tursiops” come from?

Tursiops (Translingual) comes from Translingual -ops, from Ancient Greek ὄψ, from Proto-Hellenic wókʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

Tursiops (Translingual): genus

Definitions

  1. genus

Ancestry of “Tursiops”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Translingual-opsResembling
2Ancient Greekὄψvoice; word; eye, face
3Proto-Hellenicwókʷsvoice
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Hellenic wókʷs →Every word from Ancient Greek ὄψ →