The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromγόνυ“joint, knee”
- English todaygonyleptoid
From New Latin Gonyleptoidea (the superfamily name) or Gonyleptidae (the family name) + -oid. The element gony- (“joint”), is derived from Ancient Greek γόνυ (gónu, “joint, knee”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekγόνυ all →
gon-gonitisgonodactyloidgony-gonyalgiagonyaulaxgonycampsisgonycrotesisgonyoncus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.