The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromγυμνός“naked”
- New Latin · derived fromGymnura
- English todaygymnure
From New Latin Gymnura, former genus name, from Ancient Greek γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekγυμνός all →
gymnospermgymnitegymno-gymnopaedic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.