Etymology of the English word spirogyra
the English word
spirogyraderived from the New Latin word
Spirogyraderived from the Greek word
guros, γῦρος (a turn)
using the New Latin prefix
spiro-derived from the Classical Latin word
spira (coil)
derived from the Greek word
speira, σπεῖρα (a coil (spira, 'spire'); a mass of men (a Roman military cohort; also (by analogy) a squad of Levitical janitors))
Date
The earliest known usage of spirogyra in English dates from the 20th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
