Where does “schenckii” come from?

schenckii (Translingual) comes from Latin -i, from Latin -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éy- — he, this.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “schenckii”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-inominative/vocative masculine plural of -us;...
2Latin-ēsfirst conjugation
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éy-he, this
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éy- →Every word from Latin -ēs →Every word from Latin -i →