The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀκαρί“mite”
- English todayacaridan
From taxonomic name Acaridae + -an, from Ancient Greek ἀκαρί (akarí, “mite”). By surface analysis, acarid + -an.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἀκαρί all →
acarus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.