Etymology of the English word endemic
the English word
endemicderived from the New Latin word
endemicusderived from the Greek word
endemosderived from the Late Greek word
demos, δῆμος (the public (as bound together socially))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*da-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dā-Date
The earliest known usage of endemic in English dates from the 18th century.
Derivations in English
polydemicUsage
Word found in Modern English
