The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσκορπιοειδής“scorpionlike”
- English todayscorpioid
From Ancient Greek σκορπιοειδής (skorpioeidḗs, “scorpionlike”), from σκορπίος (skorpíos, “scorpion”) + εἶδος (eîdos, “form, likeness”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.