English
gregarine
Gregarine comes from Latin gregārius ‘herd-like’, and goes back to grex.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrex‘flock, herd’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgregārius‘herd-like’
- Englishtodaygregarine
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrex‘flock, herd’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgregārius‘herd-like’
- Englishtodaygregarine
Linked words
through Latin grex ‘flock, herd’
aggregate, congregation, aggregation, egregious, congregate, segregate, 7 more
Today it means
noun Any of various sporozoan protozoans (subclass Gregarinasina) that are parasitic in the digestive tracts of some invertebrates.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin grex / gregarine