The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκέρκος“tail”
- New Latin · borrowed fromcercus
- English todaycercus
From New Latin cercus, from Ancient Greek κέρκος (kérkos, “tail”).
Words from the same roots
New Latincercus all →
-cercous
Ancient Greekκέρκος all →
cercalcercaria-cercous
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.