Where does “aphid” come from?

Aphid comes from New Latin aphides, the plural of aphis, a term applied to small plant-sucking insects.

aphid (English): Sapsucking pest insect of the superfamily...

Definitions

  1. Sapsucking pest insect of the superfamily...

Ancestry of “aphid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinaphis

Words derived from “aphid

Every word from New Latin aphis