Origin of arachnid

Answer 1

The word arachnid comes from the Greek legend of a beautiful lady who dared to compare her weaving skills to the goddes Athena. Her name was called Arachna. So Athena turned her into a spider! She lived in a cave and was defeated by Hercules.

Answer 2

From Greek arachne (αράχνη), "spider" and phobia (φοβία), "fear".

One view, especially held in evolutionary psychology, is that the presence of venomous Spiders led to the evolution of a fear of spiders or made acquisition of a fear of spiders especially easy.

However, an alternative view says that the dangers from spiders are overrated and not sufficient to influence evolution, even being restrictive and debilitating upon survival, rather than being an aid. For example, there are no deadly spiders native to central and northern Europe that could exert an evolutionary pressure, yet that is where the strongest fear for spiders began, suggesting cultural learning.

Answer 3

It comes from the Greek word ἀράχνη (aráchnē), meaning spider. There is also a myth in Greek mythology about Arachne, a mortal weaver who claimed to have weaving skill greater than that of Athena. Athena challenged Arachne to a contest of weaving. Athena lost to Arachne, but was so enraged that she destroyed Arachne's tapestry and turned Arachne into a spider.

Answer 4

It comes from the Greek word (arachne) for spider.

Answer 5

It comes from the word "Spy" because they are so small, they can spy on anything...

Answer 6

The name comes from Arachne, a woman in Greek Mythology who was turned into a spider after she challenged Athena, the goddess of wisdom and crafts, to a weaving contest.

Answer 7

Arachne is Greek for Spider

Answer 8

The spiders origin from Greek