The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσφήξ“wasp”
- translingual · derived fromSphecidae“taxonomic family of wasps”
- English todaysphecoid
From translingual Sphecidae (“taxonomic family of wasps”), from Ancient Greek σφήξ (sphḗx, “wasp”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekσφήξ all →
spheksophobiasphexsphexish
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.