köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁-der. Ancient Greek νέω (néō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μα (-ma) Ancient Greek νῆμα (nêma) Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *h₃édyeti Proto-Hellenic *óďďō Ancient Greek ὄζω (ózō) Ancient Greek -ώδης (-ṓdēs) Ancient Greek νηματώδης (nēmatṓdēs)bor. Esperanto nematodo Borrowed from Ancient Greek…
Borrowed from French nématode or Italian nematode, from the phylum name translingual Nematoda, from Ancient Greek νηματώδης (nēmatṓdēs, “fibrous, in filaments”), from νῆμα (nêma, “thing spun; thread, yarn”) + εἶδος (eîdos, “that which is seen; form, shape”).