Etymology

proscolex

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Today it means: An early larval form of a trematode worm; a redia. Full definition →

New Latin proscōlēx ← Ancient Greek προ-
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπρο-
  2. New Latin · borrowed fromproscōlēx
  3. English todayproscolex

From New Latin proscōlēx, from Ancient Greek προ- (pro-) + σκώληξ (skṓlēx).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekπρο- all →

propolisproemptosisproostracumpropterygiumprozeugma

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