The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσκνίψ“gnat, small fly(, flea?)”
- Latin · derived fromscinifes
- English todaysciniph
From Latin scinifes, cinifes or ciniphes, plural, from Ancient Greek σκνίψ (skníps, “gnat, small fly(, flea?)”), plural σκνῖφες (sknîphes) or σκνῖπες (sknîpes).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.