sciurine

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσκίουρος“squirrel”
2. Latin · derived fromsciūrus“squirrel”
3. English todaysciurine

From Latin sciūrus (“squirrel”), from Ancient Greek σκίουρος (skíouros, “squirrel”), from σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”), + -ine.