The story
- Latin · derived fromnudus“naked”
- translingual · borrowed fromNudibranchia
- English todaynudibranch
Circa 19th century, borrowed from translingual Nudibranchia, from Latin nudus (“naked”) + branchia (“gills”).
Words from the same roots
Latinnudus all →
nudedesnudanudification
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.