English
acarus
Acarus comes from mul-tax Acarus, and goes back to Ancient Greek ἀκαρί ‘cheese mite, tick’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀκαρίakarí‘cheese mite, tick’
- mul-taxmodernAcarus
- Englishearliest quotation 1658acarus
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀκαρίakarí‘cheese mite, tick’
- mul-taxmodernAcarus
- Englishearliest quotation 1658acarus
Earliest quotation: 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus: “water strongly boiled; wherein the Seeds are extinguished by…”
Every English word from Ancient Greek ἀκαρί
Today it means
noun Any member of the subclass Acari (aka Acarina): thus, a mite or a tick; specifically, any mite of the genus Acarus.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἀκαρί / acarus