The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσκίγγος
- Latin · derived fromscincus
- English todayscincoid
Latin scincus a kind of lizard, from Ancient Greek σκίγγος (skíngos), σκίγκος (skínkos), + -oid. Compare skink.
Words from the same roots
Latinscincus all →
skink
Ancient Greekσκίγγος all →
skink
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.