The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσκυτάλη“club”
- Latin · derived fromScytalinidae
- English todayscytalinid
From Latin Scytalinidae, from Ancient Greek σκυτάλη (skutálē, “club”) + -ινος (-inos, “-ine”) + -ίδης (-ídēs, “-id”). Equivalent to scytale + -ine + -id.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekσκυτάλη all →
scytalescytalone
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.