Where does “pygidium” come from?

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

pygidium (New Latin): pygidium

Definitions

  1. pygidium

Ancestry of “pygidium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπυγήrump, buttocks; = οὐρά
2Proto-Indo-European*spugeh₂

Words derived from “pygidium

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *spugeh₂Every word from Ancient Greek πυγή
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