Chthonius

See also: chthonius

Translingual

Etymology

PIE word
*dʰéǵʰōm
    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *dʰeǵʰ-
    Proto-Indo-European *-ōm
    Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm
    Proto-Hellenic *kʰtʰṓn
    Ancient Greek χθών (khthṓn)
    Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
    Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)
    Ancient Greek χθόνιος (khthónios)bor.
    Latin chthoniusbor.
    Translingual Chthonius

    Borrowed from Latin chthonius (“underworldly”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek χθόνῐος (khthónĭos, “underground, subterranean”). Further from χθών (khthṓn, “the ground, soil”), from Proto-Hellenic *kʰtʰṓn and Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm (“ground”).

    Coined by German entomologist and arachnologist Carl Ludwig Koch in 1843.

    Proper noun

    Chthonius m

    1. A taxonomic genus within the family Chthoniidae – typical 'primitive' pseudoscorpions.
    2. A taxonomic subgenus within the family Chthoniidae – Chthonius (Chthonius).

    Derived terms

    See also

    genus
    subgenus
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