Etymology

-cercous

Today it means: Pertaining to a tail-like structure. Full definition →

New Latin cercus ← Ancient Greek κέρκος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκέρκος“tail”
  2. New Latin · borrowed fromcercus
  3. English today-cercous

From New Latin cercus, from Ancient Greek κέρκος (kérkos, “tail”).

Words from the same roots

New Latincercus all →

cercus

Ancient Greekκέρκος all →

cercalcercariacercus

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