Chthonius

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Translingual

Chthonius tetrachelatus.

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.
    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).

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