Where does “giant mud crab” come from?

giant mud crab (English) comes from English giant, from Middle English geaunt, from Old French gaiant, from Vulgar Latin *gagantem, from Latin gigantem, from Ancient Greek Γίγας, from Ancient Greek Γίγᾱς.

giant mud crab (English): Scylla serrata, a species of crab

Definitions

  1. Scylla serrata, a species of crab

Ancestry of “giant mud crab”, step by step

giant mud crab traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English giant

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgiantA mythical human of very great size;...
2Middle EnglishgeauntA giant; A immoral or despicable person
3Old Frenchgaianta giant
4Vulgar Latin*gagantem
5Latingigantemaccusative singular of gigāns
6Ancient GreekΓίγαςone of the Gigantes; a Gigas
7Ancient GreekΓίγᾱς

via English mud crab

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmud crabAny of various crabs, principally in families Panopeidae and Xanthidae, that live in or near mud
Every word from Ancient Greek ΓίγᾱςEvery word from Ancient Greek ΓίγαςEvery word from Latin gigantem