The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπῡγή“rump”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπύγαργος
- Latin · derived frompygargus
- English todaypygarg
From Latin pygargus from Ancient Greek πύγαργος (púgargos), a compound of Ancient Greek πῡγή (pūgḗ, “rump”) + ἀργός (argós, “white”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.