Etymology of the English word ammocoete
the English word ammocoete
derived from the New Latin word ammocoetees
derived from the Latin word Ammocoetes
derived from the Greek word ammos, ἄμμος (sand (as heaped on the beach))
derived from the Greek word koite, κοίτη (a couch; by extension, cohabitation; by implication, the male sperm)