pygmy

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπυγμαῖος“a member of a legendary race of dwarves”
2. Latin · borrowed fromPygmaeī
3. English todaypygmy

From Latin Pygmaeī, from Ancient Greek πυγμαῖος (pugmaîos, “a member of a legendary race of dwarves”), from πυγμή (pugmḗ, “fist (as small as a fist)”). In Ancient Greek, first mentioned by Homer; only applied to actual human races in the 19th century.