Etymology of the English word pelagic
the English word
pelagicderived from the Latin word
pelagicusderived from the Greek word
pelagikosderived from the Greek word
pelagos, πέλαγος (deep or open sea; the main)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*plak-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*plāk-Derivations in English
bathypelagic,
epipelagic,
mesopelagic,
hadopelagicUsage
Word found in Modern English
