SCIENCE
ZOOLOGY
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Greek
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Latin
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Detailed explanation-1: -Latin was the lingua franca of scientific work in the West during the Middle Ages, so Western scientists used Latin for naming species of organisms.
Detailed explanation-2: -Scientists started using Latin back in the Middle Ages-around the 5th century to the 15th century AD. Though people all over the world were naming organisms in different languages, Latin was used by a group of scholars in Europe.
Detailed explanation-3: -Scientific names have traditionally been based on Latin or Greek roots, although more recently, roots from other names are allowed and being used, e.g., Oncorhynchus kisutch. The root Onco is Latin for hooked and rhynchus is Latin for beak, i.e., hooked beak. kisutch is a Russian word.
Detailed explanation-4: -The nomenclature of biological taxonomy is based on Latin, though since the beginning, errors and inconsistencies have crept in, so it is not completely compliant with the grammar or usage of Latin.