Where does “costatipennis” come from?

costatipennis (Translingual) comes from Latin costātus, from Latin costa, from Proto-Indo-European kost-.

costatipennis (Translingual): rib-winged, rib-feathered

Definitions

  1. rib-winged, rib-feathered

Ancestry of “costatipennis”, step by step

costatipennis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin costātus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincostātusribbed
2Latincostaa rib; a side, a wall
3Proto-Indo-Europeankost-—

via Translingual penna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Translingualpenna—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kost- →Every word from Latin costa →Every word from Latin costātus →