The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromχηλή“claw”
- Latin · derived fromchēlē“claw”
- English todaychelifer
From Latin chēlē (“claw”) (from Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlḗ, “claw”)) + -fer.
Words from the same roots
Latinchēlē all →
chela
Ancient Greekχηλή all →
chelakeloidcheletropicchelicera
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.