trematode

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτρημᾰτώδης“having a vent to the intestinal canal”
2. translingual · borrowed fromTrematoda
3. English todaytrematode

From translingual Trematoda, from Ancient Greek τρημᾰτώδης (trēmătṓdēs, “having a vent to the intestinal canal”), from τρῆμᾰ (trêmă, “perforation, aperture”) + -ώδης (-ṓdēs, “full of, -like”). See also -ode.