brachyurous

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromβραχύουρος“short-tailed”
2. Latin · borrowed frombrachyūrus
3. English todaybrachyurous

From Latin brachyūrus, from Ancient Greek βραχύουρος (brakhúouros, “short-tailed”), from βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).