The feminine first declension noun ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνη (aráchnē) is the Greek origin of the English word "arachnid." It means "spider" primarily and "spider's web" secondarily and surfaces as αράχνη (aráchni) in modern Greek. The pronunciation will be "a-RA-khnee" in ancient Greek.
The word 'spider' comes from an old European word 'spenwanen' meaning to spin. Or from a Germanic word 'spinne' with the same meaning. The Greek connection is from the word 'arachnid' or 'arachn' meaning spiders web, which in turn comes from Latin 'arachnida
Arachnophobia comes from the Greek Arachnid is spider and phobos is fear arachnophobia does not have latin elements because it doesnt have a latin room arachne is greek meaning spider and phobia or phobos which is greek for fear of. arachnophobia is greek.
The prefix in "arachnophobia" is "arachno-," which is derived from the Greek word "arachne," meaning spider.
The word arachnid comes from the Greek word ἀράχνη (arachne), which means "spider."
Yes. Arachonomorph does mean spider-shaped in Greek.
the greek god bu-tugly is the god of the spider web.
The word Arachnid is from the Greek word for spider. However this class includes mites, ticks, harvestmen and scorpions, not just spiders.
many words have roots in Greek for example arachnophobia comes for the word arachnid meaning spider and phobia meaning fear
The term arachnid is from the Greek word άράχνη or arachne, meaning spider, and also referring to the mythological figure Arachne.
The Xhosa word for spider is "intsimbi."
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