The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἐκτός“outside”
- English todayectoparasite
From ecto- (from Ancient Greek ἐκτός (ektós, “outside”)) + parasite.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἐκτός all →
ecto-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
ectoparasite
ec·to·par·a·siteToday it means: A parasite that lives on the surface of a host organism; such as the Demodex mite, which lives in human hair and eyelashes. Full definition →
Ancient Greek ἐκτός