Etymology

paragnathus

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Today it means: One of the two lobes forming the lower lip, or metastoma, of Crustacea. Full definition →

New Latin paragnathus ← Ancient Greek γνάθος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromγνάθος“jaw”
  2. New Latin · learned borrowing fromparagnathus
  3. English todayparagnathus

Learned borrowing from New Latin paragnathus, from para- + Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnáthos, “jaw”). Compare earlier paragnatha.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekγνάθος all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.