The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὄγκος“barb”
- New Latin · derived fromOnchocerca
- English todayonchocerciasis
From New Latin Onchocerca (a genus of parasitic worms), from Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos, “barb”) + κέρκος (kérkos, “tail”) + -iasis.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekὄγκος all →
arthroncusgonyoncusmaschaloncusonco-oncotic-oncusparophthalmoncussialadenoncusstaphyloncus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.