English
forcepstailforcepstail
From forceps + tail.
A compound of forceps + tail
Latin forceps ‘tongs, pincers, forceps’
English forceps
Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- ‘to tear, fray, shred’
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Proto-Germanic *taglą ‘hair, fiber’
Proto-West Germanic *tagl
Old English tæġel
Middle English tail
English tail
Today it means
noun A member of Diplura (two-pronged bristletails) in the families Evalljapygidae, Parajapygidae, and especially Japygidae.
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Etymograph / forcepstail
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