The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπλανάω“to wander”
- English todayplanidium
From the Ancient Greek πλανάω (planáō, “to wander”) + -idium.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπλανάω all →
planet
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
planidium
Today it means: The first-instar larva of any species of parasitoidal insect in which the life cycle is an example of hypermetamorphosis; so called because the first instar wanders in search of the host, whereas the rest of the instars remain stationary while they feed until they pupate. Full definition →
Ancient Greek πλανάω