English
giant isopod
Compound of giant + isopod, possibly influenced by the name of the type species translingual Bathynomus giganteus (literally “giant Bathynomus”).
Ancient Greek γίγας
Latin gigās
Vulgar Latin *gagās
Old French geant
Middle English geaunt ‘a giant’
English giant
The story
Compound of giant + isopod, possibly influenced by the name of the type species translingual Bathynomus giganteus (literally “giant Bathynomus”).
Today it means
noun Any of several very large marine isopods of the genus Bathynomus, known for being the largest of all known isopods.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / giant isopod