Etymology

harpaline

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Today it means: Belonging to the taxonomic subfamily Harpalinae. Full definition →

translingual Harpalinae ← Latin Harpalus ← Ancient Greek Ἅρπαλος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἍρπαλος
  2. Latin · derived fromHarpalus
  3. translingual · borrowed fromHarpalinae
  4. English todayharpaline

Borrowed from translingual Harpalinae. By surface analysis, translingual Harpalus + -ine. Further from Latin Harpalus and Ancient Greek Ἅρπαλος (Hárpalos).

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