Etymology of the English word malacostracan
the English word malacostracan
derived from the New Latin word malacostracan
derived from the Greek word malakostrakos, μαλακόστρακος
using the Greek prefix malaco-
using the Greek prefix malako-, μαλακο-
derived from the Latin word Malacostraca
derived from the Greek word malakos, μαλακός (soft; fine (clothing); figuratively, a catamite)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mel-
derived from the Greek word malakostrakos, μαλακόστρακος
using the Greek prefix malaco-
using the Greek prefix malako-, μαλακο-