Where does “pygidium” come from?

pygidium (French) comes from New Latin pygidium, from Ancient Greek πυγή, from Proto-Indo-European *spugeh₂.

pygidium (French): pygidium

Definitions

  1. pygidium

Ancestry of “pygidium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinpygidiumpygidium
2Ancient Greekπυγήrump, buttocks; = οὐρά
3Proto-Indo-European*spugeh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *spugeh₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek πυγή →Every word from New Latin pygidium →