Etymology of the English word cumacean
the English word
cumaceanderived from the New Latin word
cuma (spring shoots of cabbage, similar; hollow sphere)
derived from the Greek word
kuma, κῦμα (a billow (as bursting or toppling))
derived from the Greek word
kuein, κύειν
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*keuə-using the Greek suffix
-eanDate
The earliest known usage of cumacean in English dates from the 19th century.
