Etymology

lygaeid

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Today it means: Any plant bug in the family Lygaeidae. Full definition →

translingual Lygaeidae ← Ancient Greek λῡγαῖος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromλῡγαῖος“dark, gloomy”
  2. translingual · derived fromLygaeus
  3. translingual · borrowed fromLygaeidae
  4. English todaylygaeid

Borrowed from translingual Lygaeidae, from the type genus, translingual Lygaeus, borrowed from Ancient Greek λῡγαῖος (lūgaîos, “dark, gloomy”).

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