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Where does “Paguroidea” come from?

Paguroidea (Translingual) comes from Translingual Pagurus, from Latin pagurus, from Ancient Greek πάγουρος, from Ancient Greek πάγος, from Ancient Greek πήγνυμι, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- — to attach.

Ancestry of “Paguroidea”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualPagurustype genus of hermit crabs
2LatinpagurusA kind of crab
3Ancient Greekπάγουροςcrab
4Ancient Greekπάγοςmountain peak, rocky hill; frost
5Ancient GreekπήγνυμιI secure, stick in, fix on; I fasten, put...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-to attach
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