Etymology

demodex

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Today it means: Any of the genus Demodex of mites. Full definition →

translingual Demodex ← Ancient Greek δημός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδημός“fat”
  2. translingual · borrowed fromDemodex
  3. English todaydemodex

Borrowed from translingual Demodex, from Ancient Greek δημός (dēmós, “fat”, noun) + δήξ (dḗx, “worm in wood”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.