Etymology of the English word scorpionfly
the English word
scorpionflyderived from the English word
scorpionderived from the Old French word
scorpionderived from the Classical Latin word
scorpio (scorpion)
derived from the Latin word
scorpius (scorpion)
derived from the Greek word
skorpios, σκορπίος (a 'scorpion' (from its sting))
derived from the English word
flyderived from the English word
flyderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*fleugjonderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*pleu-Usage
Word found in Modern English
