English
abranchiata
Abranchiata comes from Ancient Greek βράγχιον ‘gills’, and goes back to βρόγχος ‘trachea, windpipe, throat’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEβρόγχοςbrónkhos‘trachea, windpipe, throat’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEβράγχιονbránkhiaas βράγχια‘gills’
- Englishtodayabranchiata
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEβρόγχοςbrónkhos‘trachea, windpipe, throat’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEβράγχιονbránkhiaas βράγχια‘gills’
- Englishtodayabranchiata
Linked words
through Ancient Greek βρόγχος ‘trachea, windpipe, throat’
Today it means
noun An order of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special organs of respiration, usually including Oligochaeta.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek βρόγχος / abranchiata