The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσκώληξ“worm”
- English todayscolithus
From Ancient Greek σκώληξ (skṓlēx, “worm”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”)
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekσκώληξ all →
scolecitescolecologyscolexscolite
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.