nematode

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromνηματώδης“fibrous, in filaments”
2. translingual · borrowed fromNematoda
3. English todaynematode

Borrowed from translingual Nematoda, from Ancient Greek νηματώδης (nēmatṓdēs, “fibrous, in filaments”), from νῆμα (nêma, “thread, yarn”) + -ώδης (-ṓdēs, “-like”).