Where does “echinococcal” come from?
echinococcal (English) comes from English echinococcus, from Translingual Echinococcus, from English echino-, from Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος, from Translingual Cactus, from Latin cactus, from Ancient Greek κάκτος — the cardoon, "Cynara cardunculus"; the artichoke...
echinococcal (English): Relating to echinococcus
Definitions
- Relating to echinococcus
Ancestry of “echinococcal”, step by step
echinococcal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English echinococcus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | echinococcus | A parasite of humans and of many domestic and... |
| 2 | Translingual | Echinococcus | genus |
| 3 | English | echino- | Forming compound terms denoting something prickly... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἐχῖνος | hedgehog; sea urchin; shell of a sea urchin |
| 5 | Translingual | Cactus | obsolete genus of succulents |
| 6 | Latin | cactus | the cardoon, "Cynara cardunculus" |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κάκτος | the cardoon, "Cynara cardunculus"; the artichoke... |