Where does “bancrofti” come from?

bancrofti (Translingual) comes from English Bancroft, from Old English bēan, from Proto-West Germanic baunu, from Proto-Germanic baunō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- — bean.

bancrofti (Translingual): Bancroft attributive; used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Bancroft's..."

Definitions

  1. Bancroft attributive; used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Bancroft's..."

Ancestry of “bancrofti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBancroftA placename
2Old Englishbēanbean, pea, legume
3Proto-West Germanicbaunubean
4Proto-Germanicbaunōbean
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰabʰ-bean
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic baunō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic baunu →